Pierced by the Sun
by Laura Esquivel is a mystery which centers on a woman who must solve the
mystery while battling her own demons. Lupita is a police officer who was in
charge of the protection of Licenciado Arturo Larreaga, a local politician. The
night ends with his murder and Lupita lost about how it could have happened. Lupita
returns home in a daze and unsure of how to proceed. She spends the next few
days reliving her past, fighting her demons. Since she witnessed the murder of
Larreaga, she becomes a target of the corrupt Mexican government. They want to
make sure she stays silent about what she knows. Can Lupita escape the danger?
Will she be able to put the past behind her?
Pierced by the Sun
was a very hard book to read. It was a lot introspection and not a lot of
interaction between characters. The book promised action, mystery, an
interesting story. Unfortunately, it failed. I really didn’t care about Lupita,
her issues or her struggles of her fight to escape. I’ve read many books with
characters like her: deeply failed and struggles with demons but they still
seemed to care about the world around them on some level. And I didn’t feel
that with Lupita. If you are a fun of Esquivel’s books, you may like Pierced by the Sun. However, I cannot
recommend it.
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