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kshertz's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
3.75
This was a hard book for me. Her writing style is tough to take in. Which is intentional. The material is also tough to take in. It’s meant to put you in the position that she has been in for much of her life. You’re confused, it’s not linear, it’s poems, it’s stories, it’s real life it’s fiction and it’s Spanish and English. The mixture made it hard for me to read and get through. But I’m happy I read it and I’m excited to discuss it with friends because I feel like there’s a lot I probably missed. Her explanations were so vivid and so much detail though so I appreciated the look into what a different life could be.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Sexual violence, Rape, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, War, Murder, Outing, Sexual content, Trafficking, Violence, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Racial slurs, and Racism
ahc's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
fast-paced
5.0
"An addiction (a repetitious act) is a ritual to help one through a trying time; its repetition safeguards the passage, it becomes one's talisman, one's touchstone. If it sticks around after having outlived its usefulness, we become "stuck" in it and it takes possession of us. But we need to be arrested. Some past experience or condition has created this need. This stopping is a survival mechanism, but one which must vanish when it's no longer needed if growth is to occur. "
I loved this book. I don't have too much to say about it, as much has already been said about this monumental Chicana feminist text. I really liked Anzaldua's ideas about "rigidity means death" and her use of the borderlands theory as both a physical and psychological realm. The book begins with seven essays on various topics. In the second half, Anzaldua switches to poetry to reinforce the ideas introduced in the essays. There's something for everyone here and I absolutely loved it.
I loved this book. I don't have too much to say about it, as much has already been said about this monumental Chicana feminist text. I really liked Anzaldua's ideas about "rigidity means death" and her use of the borderlands theory as both a physical and psychological realm. The book begins with seven essays on various topics. In the second half, Anzaldua switches to poetry to reinforce the ideas introduced in the essays. There's something for everyone here and I absolutely loved it.
Content Warnings
Minor: Rape
biblizo's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Rape, and Religious bigotry
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