This is absolutely brilliant. Sosa Villada's writing is powerful, brazen, honest, and outstanding in every way. The use of every word felt intentional. I don't think I have ever read a book where the writing impacted as much as the writing in this book.

This is a book that shows the difficulties and indignities of the travesti (transvestite) experience, while also showing the beauty, the sorority, and the joy of it. One of the most powerful parts of the book is the depiction of the community that is built based on that shared experience. The touches of magical realism that are added to the story cement the otherworldliness of the story.

After reading a few interviews with the author, I found her decision of using the word travesti instead of trans so powerful. I love how she talks about the history of the word travesti, what it represented and how it described an experience that was profoundly intrinsic to Latin American. An experience linked to poverty, illegality, sex work, a lack of rights, and exclusion.