Eva Marie L. (babyjulie) - , reviewed on 10/12/2010 + 336 more book reviews

Did I miss something here? So many people have raved about this book and have said that it has to be read. Why exactly? I mean, it's good. I guess. It's not bad. But it's not something that is needed IMO.
I highly doubt it would grab many young reluctant readers and if it did I'd certainly be surprised. Some of the word choices were just so damn out there it seemed like they were used for shock value and nothing else.
Were these short stories or chapters of some strange sort? Half a page isn't a "story" to me. It's a few paragraphs at most. It has to be damn good to be considered a story if it's that short and these were just.... well, nothing really. They didn't suck but they didn't make it anywhere near where they could be considered short stories.
If they were chapters all I can say is holy hell.
I don't know, it's obvious Sandra Cisneros has a way with words - for the most part - and I'm not saying the book is horrible or that it sucks. Maybe my expectations were too high because of all I've heard. I can't see myself recommending it to anyone in the future. Or even thinking about it to be honest.

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