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What did you feel Garcia's use of suspense added to the book? What was your favorite suspenseful moment?

Created: 04/26/21

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davinamw

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What did you feel Garcia's use of suspense added to the book? What was your favorite suspenseful moment?

What did you feel Garcia's use of suspense added to the book? What was your favorite suspenseful moment?


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gerrieb

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RE: What did you feel Garcia's use ...

My favorite suspenseful moment was Dolores and the machete incident. While some might find it repugnant for me to say this I was proud of her for taking the steps she needed to keep her family and herself safe. She had so few options and the courage it took to take that action made me quiver with awe. This was some of Garcia’s best writing. Interestingly, I felt no suspense when reading about Jeanette and her outcome.


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Jessica F

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RE: What did you feel Garcia's use ...

The pockets of suspense helped keep the pages turning!
I was hooked in the very beginning from the scene where Maria Isabel gives birth to her daughter while her husband, Antonio, is being executed. Whoa!


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scgirl

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RE: What did you feel Garcia's use ...

Both of the incidents mentioned above were very suspenseful but I really held my breath when Ana was crossing the river and the other children drowned. I think her inclusion of suspense kept the reader engaged.


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elisabethc

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RE: What did you feel Garcia's use ...

I found "Prey," the chapter with Carmen in Miami and the panther next door to be a particularly suspenseful and welcome addition to the book. By itself, it almost seemed like it could have been a Patricia Highsmith short story - very strange and unexpected, but wholly engaging.


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louisee

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RE: What did you feel Garcia's use ...

My favorite suspense moment was wondering what was going to happen to Ana after ICE took her mother. What was Jeanette going to do?


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taking.mytime

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RE: What did you feel Garcia's use ...

I did not feel a lot of suspense in this story. For me it was more just grueling reality. I don't really think any of the women's stories were played out enough for suspense. Each story or woman was too superficial to be suspenseful.


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