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A review by book_concierge
Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros
3.0
This is the story of four generations of Reyes family, told by the youngest member - Lala. She recounts tales of her parents, grandparents and great grandparents, mixing the timeing and sequence just as they might be revealed over the years at multiple family gatherings. Her descriptions are priceless - a man who cut his own hair looks like "his head had been chewed by coyotes."
I first read the book in Nov 2003 on my own because I'd been a fan of Sandra Cisneros for some time. At the time I didn't recommend it to either of my two book clubs because of the amount of Spanish used (both groups had complained about similar "difficulties" with other books).
In 2008 my Hispanic book club chose this book so I read it a second time. I'm less enthralled than at first. Her writing is poetic, but the middle section of this novel is disjointed.
I first read the book in Nov 2003 on my own because I'd been a fan of Sandra Cisneros for some time. At the time I didn't recommend it to either of my two book clubs because of the amount of Spanish used (both groups had complained about similar "difficulties" with other books).
In 2008 my Hispanic book club chose this book so I read it a second time. I'm less enthralled than at first. Her writing is poetic, but the middle section of this novel is disjointed.