Pretentious is the one word I would use to sum up this book. I was not overly enthralled by this book as it did not seem to have a clear voice. The ending? Was is real or imaginary? Was it a manifesto on of her own emotions and memory coming flooding back? Who knows (I prefer to think of it as not literal) but yes the last 5 pages were not my favourite. I wish I could read the original because maybe some of the magic was within the original Spanish.