“The White Hot” by Quiara Alegria Hudes
Published by One World
I initially thought this was going to be a great book –
the premise of the story sounded good, and the writing flowed beautifully, but then
everything changed. The majority of this
book is a letter from a mother to her daughter.
A mother that abandoned her daughter at age 8 and wrote a letter for her
to open when she turned 18. In this
letter, she explains what she did during the 10 days she had disappeared prior returning
to then just drop her off at her father’s house (that she didn’t know). Initially the letter was fairly normal and
seemed like she just needed a break but then it just got stranger and stranger. Some people loved this book, I’m just not one
of them.
Side note – there are no chapters in this book. There are breaks in pages, but no real
chapters. Although the book is less than
200 pages, I know that will bother some people, so I wanted to mention it.
Thank you to NetGalley and One World for the complimentary
copy of this book. As always, the
opinions expressed within this honest review are completely my own.
Finished 11/9/22 – 2/5 stars
#thewhitehot #quiaraalegriahudes #oneworld #netgalley
#2025reads
No comments:
Post a Comment