Review by serendipitysbooks - Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories

serendipitysbooks 's review for:

Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories by Sandra Cisneros

4.25

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

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.

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