Rating: 
Summary: Compelling
Review: This book, even though it was very short and hopped around a bit, was very compelling and absorbing. It really makes you understand and feel for those people looking for work across the Mexican-American border. Though the book stressed certain things such as the desert heat and the poverty of the immigrants in order to persuade the reader, it was so absorbing that it was easily forgivable, especially considering the subject matter... people braving the elements and coming close to (and sometimes entering) death in order to give their families and themselves a better life through a hard earned paycheck. We rarely hear about the deaths of people trying to cross the desert, partly because they are trying not to be noticed.I think the author accomplished what he set out to achieve. This book was not written for literary credentials, but to make an impact on the people who read it and to make them think, as well as raise awareness of the subject. One line I'm sure summed up his reasoning for writing this book.. it read something like "A Mexican life is more important than a celebrity's last stint in rehab."
Rating:
Summary: Compelling
Review: This book, even though it was very short and hopped around a bit, was very compelling and absorbing. It really makes you understand and feel for those people looking for work across the Mexican-American border. Though the book stressed certain things such as the desert heat and the poverty of the immigrants in order to persuade the reader, it was so absorbing that it was easily forgivable, especially considering the subject matter... people braving the elements and coming close to (and sometimes entering) death in order to give their families and themselves a better life through a hard earned paycheck. We rarely hear about the deaths of people trying to cross the desert, partly because they are trying not to be noticed. I think the author accomplished what he set out to achieve. This book was not written for literary credentials, but to make an impact on the people who read it and to make them think, as well as raise awareness of the subject. One line I'm sure summed up his reasoning for writing this book.. it read something like "A Mexican life is more important than a celebrity's last stint in rehab."
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