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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
informative
reflective
slow-paced
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
This book is a collection of poems rich with language and influences of two cultures: the Dominican Republic and America. Alvarez paints vivid pictures as she writes about her life growing up. As you read Alvarez draws you into her life from her childhood in Dominican Republic to moving to American and the struggles she faced having to learn a new language. What I love about this book is that there are many poems to relate to depending on what stage of your life you are on. This is defiantly an book I would read again and again throughout my life to experience the poems a new.
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inspiring
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slow-paced
emotional
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The Woman I Kept to Myself
4 stars
This poetry collection was a delight to read. Written as a catalog of her personal experiences, each piece fits and flows individually as well as in relation to each other. Alvarez has a great ability in creating vivid images with sparse prose. All of her language is direct and conversational, which I thought grounded even her most whimsical pieces. I would recommend this collection to someone who is hesitant about reading poetry, as well as anyone who has enjoyed Alvarez's novels.
4 stars
This poetry collection was a delight to read. Written as a catalog of her personal experiences, each piece fits and flows individually as well as in relation to each other. Alvarez has a great ability in creating vivid images with sparse prose. All of her language is direct and conversational, which I thought grounded even her most whimsical pieces. I would recommend this collection to someone who is hesitant about reading poetry, as well as anyone who has enjoyed Alvarez's novels.
emotional
reflective
reflective
medium-paced
reflective
These seemingly autobiographical poems are every bit as well crafted and sensitive as I would expect from Julia Alvarez. Maybe it felt too personal or was not what I was expecting or I just had a bit of moldy cheese for dinner, but I didn't connect with this as much as I do with her novels. Of course, I love her novels, especially Aferlife, so maybe I was just expecting too much.
emotional
inspiring
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