The Night Travelers by Armando Lucas CorreaRating: 4 stars (out of 5)
Genre: historical fiction
Review: Usually, when I put a book down and pick it up and put it down and pick it up, it means that I'm struggling to get through it. That was not the case here. Rather, it meant that I wanted to sit with each few chapters before moving on. The book somewhat lends itself to this approach, as each chapter is a vignette in a character's life, before jumping several months or years in time. Most often, we jump forward, but in the first section, the narrative jumps both forward and back to tell the story of a romance and its consequences. Time moves non-linearly in the last section as well, but in that case, it serves to dish up a few big reveals, and so makes sense. I couldn't quite figure out the reasoning behind the jumping around in the first section.
This is a compelling story, exploring the bond between mothers and daughters, the sacrifices a mother might make to save her daughter, and a daughter coming to understand those sacrifices as an adult. Though the writing is uneven in some places, overall the story flows from mother to daughter, from one year to the next, connecting generations through time and space.
FTC Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher in exchange for this review.
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