Like some of you I am half way through this book and I am half clueless as to what is going on.  From what I take from this book is that it leads the reader in many different directions without guiding the reader in any sort of direct path.  I’m sure however, that there will be some sort of tie-in towards the end of the book. There are moments when I thought that I had figured out what was going on.  Then I started to read the next chapter and I had to start from scratch.  I was quite confused at some times as to who was talking to whom about what.  Maybe this is because not every character in this book has a name.

The first half read surprisingly at a quick pace.  However, there were certain points where I had to re-read some pages because the author threw a curveball every now and again.  It felt to me as though he was changing time and places rapidly in order to touch on many topics quickly.  This made the progression of the book a bit….choppy.  I prefer consistency when I am reading a novel.  He touched on some subjects I would like him to expand on; such as religion.  However I am only half way through and hopefully later in the book he will dive deeper into that subject.  But I see this book diving deeper into the problems of being a poor Mexican fighting for justice and equality in the United States.