This was an amazing book. I would recommend it to everyone in the whole world, but it would be very difficult to read if you don't know any Spanish, which is peppered liberally throughout the book. It is also full of references to various sci-fi and fantasy tales (many metaphors are from The Lord of the Rings), but even though it is the tale of the people in a family which is cursed, it is not a fantasy book. Even though it is a tale of surviving (or trying to survive) horrible circumstances, it is not an Oprah book. And even though I learned a great deal about the Dominican Republic, it is not a history book. It was a very good book, and I really liked it.
-Amy
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Amy's comments sum it up pretty well. I had a hard time getting past the liberal use of sentence fragments. It did improve my Spanish, which should be another indicator that there is a lot of Spanish (not that I am fluent or anything, but, I do know a few words). Literally, in some extended sections, there were two or three Spanish words in every sentence. Which was great for me.
As far as the history part goes, I (and I have to assume most Americans) had no idea such things went on in the Dominican Republic. That aspect was quite interesting.
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