I’ve been terrible at slogging through books I’m not really enjoying in 2024, and I’ve decided this stops now. 

I thought I’d love this story focusing on two Mexican-American brothers in the 1970s, touching on queerness, abusive parents and AIDs, but it’s simply not working for me. The narrator of the first part has some bizarre voices for the boys that are also off-putting. Very bleak and just not holding my attention or making me want to reach for my audiobook. :-(