Eva Luna- A Wrap-up

As I read the first couple of chapters of Eva Luna I wasn't sure if I would become comfortable the specific style of storytelling, 'her' voice.  Even though I was hesitant I continued on, reading with an open-mind. I believe it was around Chapter Five when Madrina gave birth to her still-born infant that I was able became comfortable with my own ability to interpret the words shared by the storyteller. As I became more and more comfortable I developed the confidence which I was lacking at the start of the book. It was once I felt this overwhelming sense of "I got this" that the book quickly wrapped-up all of its loose ends and ended. I was left feeling cheated and to be honest, annoyed.  Although the author was able to make sense of and tie together all of the various strings within Eva Luna's world I felt as though she delivered it in a hasty and abrupt fashion.  I also felt as though "The Final Word" was a fluffy made for TV ending that I was really hoping to sway away from within this novel. Yet given the fact that she was writing this for a telenovela I really should had expected it.  So when it comes down to it, if I were to be asked how I felt about this novel I would answer with the following statement,

"It was good until the end."