I loved Serena Burdick's novel last year, The Girls with No Names, so I was excited to pick up Find Me in Havana. Unfortunately, I just didn't love it. My biggest critique is the second person, switching points of view format. It did serve the story by giving us an adult perspective and a child perspective, especially when adult content was happening. But it was rather confusing at times, and I didn't feel as connect to the characters as I otherwise would have. I also didn't like the pacing of the book. We get snippets of the future while the story is told in the past, but then when we get caught up to the future, everything is rushed. It deflated the ending a little, and it failed at inspiring me. So while this book is dramatic and has some good history in it, it just didn't work for me.
Writing Aesthetic/Style: 3
Plot/Movement: 2
Character Development: 2
Overall: 2
Plot/Movement: 2
Character Development: 2
Overall: 2
Trigger Warnings: suicide, drug overdose, sexual abuse, rape, domestic abuse, kidnapping
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