Olga Dies Dreaming Book Reviews

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Amazing. Beautiful.. A beautiful book.

Too much politics. Would have been a good book, but the author threw in too much of her political views about the U.S. and the president at the time. The story could have done without the “politics” and just showed the people who became successful in spite of their obstacles. She also could have made the book more about the people keeping the culture and their traditions in spite of, not because of what was happening around them. Fiction or Non-Fiction? Not sure what the author was trying to accomplish.

Spectacular. The topics discussed in this book are SUPER IMPORTANT. This story was about breaking cycles, overcoming trauma, and coming to terms with your true self and your identity. I was fully invested in all the characters, and despised MANY. Overall, this story made me feel seen as a first gen Latina and I couldn’t put it down. Amazing

Authentic. Readable. A great read!. I couldn’t put it down and looking forward to more from the author.

Loved it. This is a book that’s hard to put down. The characters and the plot are always in motion and I find myself wanting to continue reading even though I have to stop to sleep or drive my kids to karate. Couldn’t have loved a new read more

Enthralling Story. This story hooked me from the get go. I couldn’t put it down!

Loved this book!. Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the advanced copy of this audiobook. I am leaving this review voluntarily. • In Olga Dies Dreaming, you get a birds-eye view into the Acevedo siblings’ lives. Olga and Prieto’s stories weave back and forth between 2017 Brooklyn and through letters their mother wrote them after she disappeared when Olga was only 13, to fight for revolution and Puerto Rico’s independence. Olga is a wedding planner for rich people with too much money, and Prieto is a US representative. In 2017, Hurricane Maria hits, and their mother, Blanca, also appears back in their lives. • Olga Dies Dreaming is extremely character-driven, which I love, because I really felt like I got to know both Olga and Prieto throughout the book. I can definitely see this being one of my top reads of 2022. • An excellent novel by Xochitl Gonzalez, and it’s hard to believe it’s a debut. The narrators were also incredible. Kudos to Almarie Guerra, Armando Riesco, and Inés del Castillo.

Well Done. Eye-opening book that quickly moves into important ideas after starting as something else . Be prepared. Fast moving, great characterizations, real. Superb,y done. Some of the dialogue a bit stilted, it not enough to birth the overall effect. A shocker. Highly recommended.

Truth, Lies, and Consequences. Xochitil Gonzalez has a way of crafting unapologetically messy people in a way that reminds me of Sally Rooney’s writing. Gonzalez leverages her drama laden characters as a foreground as vehicles for social commentary on race, sex, power dynamics, and inequality. Each character is rich in detail, complex in development, and meaningful in presence. It’s no wonder this book shot to the top of so many book lists in 2022. Even almost 2 years later its commentary on the clown presidency years and its impacts is still relevant. Specifically, Gonzalez gives a refreshing take on a big bad of an antagonist. Casting them in the shadows as a character not physically present for most of the book. Yet, whose emotional and spiritual havoc that they lay on our principal actors is so telling. It makes the final reveal so cinematic in ways. I love a book where setting is also a meaningful character. Despite the title, this is a novel about a people, a culture, and specifically a place. Or places I should say. One a place filled with so much beauty and potential yet so wholly abused and neglected by America that it now perfectly represents the evils of colonialism. A poignant take on the chaotic relationship between the mainland and Puerto Rico. The other a place where the “eat the rich” narrative is exemplified by the worker class and their always compromised relationships with the powerful. The perspective switching narrative style ensures that all sides are represented in this dance. But the ending, with a few too many convenient happy moments outcomes, falls short for a plot layered with so much drama. The biggest takeaway from this novel is that real agency and power comes out of deep truth telling. It is a pathway to freedom and healing. What you keep in the shadows gives people agency over you.

Xochitl Gonzalez. I was looking to read a Latina.Woman.Writer for Women’s History Month, and I found her! I love Xochitl’s voice as a writer. I can feel the emotion, and experience in her novel Olga Dies Dreaming; I can’t wait to read more from her.

Someone stop the white woke madness. As a first generation Puerto Rican American I am embarrassed by this book. This book can only be described as white woke liberal garbage and that’s coming from a “woke liberal”.

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