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mxunsmiley's review against another edition
5.0
Ana Castillo is becoming a favorite of mine; she is able to so effortlessly present a variety of voices in her characters. This collection of stories is very aptly titled, as it deals with a wide range of situations in love, though not exclusively with men. Ms. Castillo has an extremely vibrant writing style that is even closer to me as a Chicana who speaks Spanglish. I especially loved La Miss Rosa, the last short story.
dutchcrunch's review against another edition
4.0
4.5
Published in the wake of her formative Chicana feminist text, Massacre of the Dreamers: Essays on Xicanisma (1994), Ana Castillo’s confessional and transcendent short story collection, Loverboys (1996), portrays in a multitude of guises, the lustful, romantic, illicit, and sanctioned nature of love and sexuality in its many forms. Not only does the collection explore both heterosexual and homosexual relationships but also complicated relationships between friends, between mothers and their children, between artists and their craft, and so on.
The best word to describe Castillo’s collection is: “transcendental”
Published in the wake of her formative Chicana feminist text, Massacre of the Dreamers: Essays on Xicanisma (1994), Ana Castillo’s confessional and transcendent short story collection, Loverboys (1996), portrays in a multitude of guises, the lustful, romantic, illicit, and sanctioned nature of love and sexuality in its many forms. Not only does the collection explore both heterosexual and homosexual relationships but also complicated relationships between friends, between mothers and their children, between artists and their craft, and so on.
The best word to describe Castillo’s collection is: “transcendental”
chelseamartinez's review against another edition
3.0
Vatolandia
Christmas Story of the Golden Cockroach
Mother's Wish
Crawfish Love
La Miss Rose - last story in the book, makes more sense after you read the acknowledgments that follow, but still zany in a Love and Rockets way, just without pictures.
Christmas Story of the Golden Cockroach
Mother's Wish
Crawfish Love
La Miss Rose - last story in the book, makes more sense after you read the acknowledgments that follow, but still zany in a Love and Rockets way, just without pictures.
margolitt's review
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
butchriarchy's review against another edition
5.0
Ana Castillo is becoming a favorite of mine; she is able to so effortlessly present a variety of voices in her characters. This collection of stories is very aptly titled, as it deals with a wide range of situations in love, though not exclusively with men. Ms. Castillo has an extremely vibrant writing style that is even closer to me as a Chicana who speaks Spanglish. I especially loved La Miss Rosa, the last short story.
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