Title: Reads Like A Mexican Novela
Product review: I should know, I watch so many of them on Spanish television! The difference is this book doesn't have complex characters--and believe me when I say that in novelas the plot depends on plenty of shallow ones to make things happen. Not once do we know what's going on in Esperanza's head--doesn't she think? reflect? second guess herself? Heroines in novelas always do, which is why they are fascinating and three dimensional. I felt this book was written to please an American audience, but American audiences won't understand the Mexican humor, Maria!!! Oh, well, maybe the movie will be better. Though if Esperanza thinks in the movie I'm going to credit the director John Sayles!
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