The Undoing of Alejandro Velasco

DIEGO BONETA

The Undoing of Alejandro Velasco, by first-time author Diego Boneta, is a delightful surprise. What interested me most was the intense character development of each player in this novel. The reader understands why the rich are different. This opens a plethora of problems instigated by the family patriarch, a well-to-do Mexican American businessperson. Distrust, unpredictability, and subtle twists pervade the entire novel, making the reader hesitant to put down the book. This is a novel that takes a few pages to capture the interest of the reader. Still, I highly recommend it as a character study and mystery, especially considering today’s instantaneous and hubris-filled materialistic lifestyle that spreads like cancer.