Reviews for Breaking through Mexico's Past: Digging the Aztecs with Eduardo Matos Moctezuma

The average rating for Breaking through Mexico's Past: Digging the Aztecs with Eduardo Matos Moctezuma based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-01-05 00:00:00 David Grubb It's not this book's fault...I've just been reading so many GREAT books, that this one was pale in comparison. On another day, who knows, I might have really liked it. Carol Miller tells of completing her thesis on gypsies and all of the things that happen during her research (she immerses herself in their culture, including having an affair with a married gypsy). I just got a little bored with the retelling of her story. While some of the characters were colorful, the telling was no-so-much. The Seattle Times raved about this book..I wasn't as impressed as they were.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-03-22 00:00:00 John Manchester I read this when I was writing my first novel. I wanted details about gypsy culture. Some understandings outside of the dictionary, the stories of friends, or the Internet. This author offered a closer view of one family. Miller's spirit and recall of cultural details, white and Machvaian, were addicting. I identified with her dilemma heavily from my days studying anthropological ethnography in university. Those advanced courses cast a new light of comprehension on the entire book for me. Reading about her willful penetration into the lives of an exclusive culture made me cringe, but also feel sad for her experience. In total, I'm sure that Miller looks back and regrets nothing- and in the same way, I only remember this novel fondly- as summertime immersion in a New Mexico library's rose garden. Some lines are better to cross than stand there staring at the rest of your life. I throughly enjoyed this- thanks for writing it.