A review by spiderfelt
Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros

3.0

If the author had chosen a single narrative style throughout the book, I think I would have enjoyed this book more than I did. The contrasts between the characters of various Mexican parentage (tex-mex, norteamericanos, born-and-raised Mexicans) was both instructive and interesting but the author jumped around so much that I lost interest in the various threads. It really need a little more continuity, or perhaps just some more respect for sequence. I found myself wondering over and over, "Is this the real story?"