Those Who Knew

Okay, I'm fully invested. What happens? This book had me strapped to my chair, reading like a mad woman, and I am not usually taken with stories from that part of the world, though I try....I feel like I've been left in the lurch. What happens?

I don't really know how to rate this book. It definitely felt like something we would've read in English class in high school. Don't think I know the history of America's presence in the Caribbean well enough to fully understand everything this book was trying to say.

But I enjoyed the book tho so ¯_(ツ)_/¯

A politician with a dark past and a violent temper, and a woman who wants to expose him. This was a quick and engaging listen, though I feel like I missed parts, due to the time jumps. I wouldn't have minded getting all the in-between details as well, as I felt invested in the story.

The plot is mostly set on an unnamed (fictional) South American island. Yet lots of references are made to the influential rich country “in the North” who helped bankroll a previous fascist leader. So it feels like a book about the US after all.