I read Lost City Radio quite a few years ago and found it a bit unfinished but pretty emotionally devastating-I had sort of the opposite reaction with this. Alarcon's prose has improved a lot since Lost City Radio was published; there were times I stopped to transcribe excerpts to my twitter because the writing bowled me over. That said, I wasn't able to emotionally connect with the characters in this in the same way I did in the previous book. I don't think there's anything WRONG with this story; the pacing, character development, and plotting are all fine. For whatever reason it just didn't grab me in the same way. Still recommended, if on the strength of the prose alone.

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