First of all, this was one of the best performed audiobooks I have heard in a long time and it's already claiming a spot in my top audiobooks of the year. It was so compelling and emotional. 

I loved this follow up from Gonzalez after Olga Dies Dreaming. Again, she has created characters with depth that I wanted to spend more time with. A book that switches perspectives has to be done in such a way that you don't want to rush through one character's perspective to get to the other's. Both Anita and Raquel's chapters completely drew me in. 

While I love the way it all came together and there were small threads throughout, I did expect the full connection between the characters and timelines to be revealed much sooner. While Anita was a promising artist in the '80s and Raquel is an art student in the '90s, it felt like two mostly separate stories or books a lot of the time. But- I liked both stories. And I appreciated the parallels between Raquel and Anita. The conclusion was satisfying. 

Side note: I absolutely loved all of the '90s music references!