: Rivera Garza uses "disappropriation," a technique where she incorporates Liliana’s actual writing into the text. How does this change your connection to Liliana?

: The book connects a private family tragedy to the broader epidemic of violence against women in Mexico and globally. Critical Reception

: Rivera Garza moves away from the typical "true crime" focus on the murderer. Instead, she uses Liliana’s own letters and journals to give her sister her voice back, portraying her as a brilliant, complex architecture student rather than just a victim.

The book won the . It is widely praised for its lyrical prose and its refusal to let a cold case stay "cold," insisting that memory is a form of resistance.

: The book explores how the term "femicide" didn't exist in the Mexican legal system in 1990. The author argues that the lack of appropriate language contributed to the impunity of the crime and the societal tendency to blame the victim.