Vulnerability, and humanity. Two key terms that pops up in my head throughout my read of the book. Since this is a memoir of the author you know that there’s a variety of truth to be told but you don’t know how raw that truth will be told. There’s a scene I skipped forward to while initially skimming through the book before my first read where the author, Jaquira Diaz tells us about her experience being pat down with a number of other girls. She and the other girls being searched are seen as nothing more than numbers to be notched. With their dignity and humanity taken away for a moment in the book the author becomes vulnerable to the reader and shows just how taboo her story is. Something that I can’t say the other books have. I am excited to keep reading this book and am excited to talk about it. Its like watching a Netflix show and before a uncensored episode there’s a warning in the beginning for the viewer to have them prepare for something that needs be warned about and those episodes are always the most fun and interesting to watch.