"The Daughters of Juarez" by Teresa Rodriguez

Wow! I have finally made it through to the ending, and every single page has left me intrigued wanting to know more. I felt as if I was the investigator as well. All the protests, walks, victims, etc. has lead me to only one thing, anger. I have filled myself with anger towards the people who are doing this to women who aren't at fault at anything, they have just been unlucky enough to have encountered people like this that have no vales whatsoever and think that they can do whatever they want just because they have power and money at their hands. This has been the main pin point to this story, it's all clear that the women who live in the city of Juarez have to work and care for their families. But the only work is miles away in factories where only women are allowed to work and have late night shifts where their only way to get back home is on buses that are driven by males. And on top of this situation the people high in power in the city go along with this and think this is okay so they won't even move an inch to help the workers build homes closer to the factories. It's just so ridiculous! But, however I have learned many positive things from this book that don't make me angry. As much as there were murderers and worthless leaders, there was also heroes that stood up for justice such as a lawyer who helped the victims families find the killer. As well as this people started healing the cities pain with counseling sessions and people looked out for each other. All of these things was what made me see the powerful people as the villains, and the civilians as the heroes to all this madness. This book has been a journey figuring out case after case after case. But at the end all the pieces of the puzzle came together and left me surprised from beginning to end.