A review by renereadsthings
This World Does Not Belong to Us by Natalia García Freire

challenging dark emotional slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

The world does not belong to us is and essay style type of read where the main character recounts there life within the confides of there home and there mothers garden. It goes into the complexity of relationships and most importantly the process of realizing that the people who are suppose to love you are just as mortal as you are. The contextualization of bugs in reference to who the main character sees the world is important and creative in how we define relationships  

It also is a poem to Lucas’s death of who he was as well as an explanation of grief about the complex relationship with his father. Something many of us emphasize with but had not been able to put into words like this 

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