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dolcezzina21's review against another edition
5.0
Powerful and beautifully written. A perfect read for any woman. A short book of stories that packs a powerful punch so it takes time to read it, feel it, and be moved by it.
ida_s's review against another edition
3.0
Some of the stories in this collection stuck with me, but others stayed too much on the surface for my taste. The collection is cleverly put together and full of details that would probably require a few readings to grasp.
readbycandlelit's review against another edition
5.0
"There was a man, a crazy who lived upstairs from us when we lived on South Loomis. He couldn't talk, just walked around all day with this harmonica in his mouth. Didn't play it. Just sort of breathed through it, all day long, wheezing, in and out, in and out.
This is how it is with me. Love I mean."
-"One Holy Night"
I saw a tumblr post this week criticizing five-star reviewers for not putting any real thought into their reading experience and instead overshadowing the story's lack of pacing and mediocre writing with their uwu feelings about so and so and so. And to that I say, boo! You suck! Reading is supposed to be pleasurable and if you happen to find pleasure in reading like you're in a high school English Lit class, then all the power to you. But don't go raining on anyone else's parade. Feelings are just as smart as annotations.
Anyway, I love Sandra Cisneros and I loved these stories, even the ones I'll forget in a few weeks. They were personal, sentimental, romantic, and I felt a lot of things while reading, pretty little uwu things. So I'll scatter these five stars into the universe and wait patiently for my next batch.
This is how it is with me. Love I mean."
-"One Holy Night"
I saw a tumblr post this week criticizing five-star reviewers for not putting any real thought into their reading experience and instead overshadowing the story's lack of pacing and mediocre writing with their uwu feelings about so and so and so. And to that I say, boo! You suck! Reading is supposed to be pleasurable and if you happen to find pleasure in reading like you're in a high school English Lit class, then all the power to you. But don't go raining on anyone else's parade. Feelings are just as smart as annotations.
Anyway, I love Sandra Cisneros and I loved these stories, even the ones I'll forget in a few weeks. They were personal, sentimental, romantic, and I felt a lot of things while reading, pretty little uwu things. So I'll scatter these five stars into the universe and wait patiently for my next batch.
kk0sanda's review against another edition
Sometimes we only like 1-2 stories, and that’s Okay
kalin_grace's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
cxrolinedk's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
kateivy's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
fast-paced
3.5
I'm pleased to have read this collection! While I didn't love it as much as Mango Street, it was still a really poignant look at Womanhood. Sandra KNOWS how to right about those vulnerable and universal experiences of Womanhood. "Eyes of Zapata" was my favorite story of the collection!
serendipitysbooks's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Woman Hollering Creek is a short story collection by Sandra Cisneros, an American with Mexican heritage. The stories centre the experiences of Latina women on both sides of the border. As with all collections I had my favourites but could see strong points in all of them. Cisneros’s writing was powerful yet straightforward, the sort of book anybody could read - which isn’t to say that it doesn’t have literary merit because it most definitely does. The contrast between the stories with younger characters, which were warm and tender with a quiet innocence, to those with older women who all seemed to be suffering in one way or another and were understandably world weary was clear. One story I especially enjoyed was Little Miracles, Kept Promises which managed to convey so much in so few words.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse