3.5

This was a fun listen! Eddie is sent to a small South American country to investigate a human anomaly that is supposedly caused by his company’s potatoes. An entire family of children are walking on their hands and feet, bear crawl style. This is not only alarming to the family but could tarnish the company’s name as well. Moralez’s only job is to get down there, find the root cause of this issue (and like it BETTER not be the potatoes), and leave. That is until the country’s revolution, and befriending a journalist muddy his goals. Eddie has to make a decision and pick a side—all in the name of taters.

One Potato is probably the most unique concept for a novel I’ve stumbled upon as of late. The plot points drew me in immediately because of this. I loved how deep the story got and how intertwined things were as information was revealed to the reader. I would’ve never predicted some of the revelations throughout. Raven was a fun character and I loved her development and commitment to the truth. Eddie’s dedication to the afflicted children was chivalrous, especially when the revolution got extremely dicey and dangerous. The potato makes its way through this book from beginning to end, and I loved viewing Eddie’s growth through the lens of a potato and how he now viewed mass food corporations. I went into this looking for a light-hearted goofy read and instead became invested in the revolution of this fictitious country. I felt some of the aspects were unnecessary but overall, I’d recommend this for a seriously unique read!