Outside the Bones-- Frank Sanchez

Outside  the bones by Lyn Di Lorion is a novel which differs from typical novels as it has its own style and way of writing.  Lorion differs from other authors as she tells her story in a way that makes readers feel as they are part of the scene. As a Spanish speaker reading the Spanish words Lorion adds to her dialogues grabs my attention and keeps me interested. Moreover, it makes me feel like her writing is genuine as she is not changing the meaning or the tone of the dialogues she is having like most author do when they translate conversations from Spanish to English. Nonetheless, the characters in the novel so far are very interesting as we get bits and pieces here and there about each character. For example, Fina, the narrator and main character is someone who is seen as the town's witch but the beginning doesn’t illuminate too much on her past until half way through the novel. The technique of building the characters as the novel moves on is a great strategy as the novel moves on. Also, Chico at first we just know him as a musical guy who makes sweet women loving music but then a couple of pages later we discover one of his deep secrets regarding his wife and daughter. Fina reminds me of my sister's godmother who is known as the town's witch back in the Dominican Republic. Just like Fina, my sister's godmother every time someone visited her house everyone joked around with her by calling her a witch. However, although I can already see Fina turning into a witch and doing homemade spells, I remember when my sister's godmother had asked one of her friends, who apparently  was having a lot of issues financially and socially, to bring a white bird. This white bird as I can remember was to be used to clean her soul and take all evils away from her and give her good luck. Although I have not reached the parts where, if Fina does, help people out with any spells, but I can perceived Fina doing spells throughout the community because there must be a reason why she is known as the bruja.