For a while I thought that this was going to be the first book in this series that I'd give four stars to - Ofelia's horrible backstory and how it intersected with the political and military chaos of the times, and Luba's life as a teenage bride, were really affecting. But Luba's husband Peter Rio was a gangster, and the increasing focus on gangster activities was something I found less appealing. I was glad to see her escape that life and find her way to Palomar, which is where my interest in this whole ongoing story is centred. 

I think one of the most interesting things about this series is that it's made up of individual comics - which is a facile thing to say, considering - but they're frequently not in order, and go back and forth in time. In a novel, I find this technique a fun challenge, but in a graphic story, I have to admit I find it sometimes difficult to grasp. I don't have the most visual brain - when I was young it took me years to remember what colour my mum's car was, despite seeing it every day, and I could only ever reliably find it in a parking lot because of the number plate (numbers were easier to remember than colours) - and so I often find myself floundering a bit with this series, just because it's so visually complex. I remain interested, though, so even though it's a challenge to read I plan on keeping up with it.