Interesting story that gives you something to think about. I also liked a soft mixture of English and Spanish in the book. I’m really happy that I can read and understand both of these great languages. ❤️
Some interesting words and phrases I found in the book and I’d like to share them here:
🇺🇲 (En) 👉👉👉 🇷🇺 (Ru)
🔹 tall tale = небылица, небыль, выдумка (… she says, referring to one of her tall tales);
🔹 squabbling = пререкаться, ссориться из-за пустяков (… we need to stop squabbling, be kind, and work hard);
🔹 Jesus lizard = common basilisk = шлемоносный или обыкновенный василиск (Len sprints up the shuttle’s ramp like a Jesus lizard across a pond);
🔹 turn a cold shoulder (to sb) = оказать холодный прием, демонстративно проигнорировать (Voxy huffs annoyedly at the man and turns a cold shoulder);
🔹 get cold feet = сдрейфить, оробеть, струсить в последнюю минуту (… if Voxy gets cold feet and tells Nyla I took one of the relics);
🔹 crisscross applesauce = cross-legged = сидеть скрестив ноги, по-турецки (I take a few steps back and plop down crisscross applesauce…).
Also, a quote from the book:
“Just because someone says something over and over doesn’t make it true.”
– Donna Barba Higuera, The Last Cuentista
Started reading – 24 May 2023
Finished reading – 2 June 2023
P.S. I just didn’t understand, was it really necessary to mention about “the great pandemic from back in the twenties”…
