Manza Final Post

To me, the ending of "The Lonely Crossing of Juan Cabrera" was not very good. What we had was this great story and the ending just didn't feel right. Alberto may have died and Juan may have been rescued, but it was anticlimactic considering the story. And then Carmen and Juan telling Raul's brother that Raul was dead just didn't fit in to the story at all. There were these great scenes like Andres' death, the hurricane, and the shark attack that are amazing, and then you have this ending which was sort of not amazing, It was actually a little disappointing. If the rescue had been a bit bigger or if there had been a part of the rescue from Juan's point of view, not just an overhead view the entire time, then the ending would have been better. Not perfect, but better. It was still an okay ending, but it definitely has room for improvement. Overall, it was a very good book and I am glad I read it.