Strong, evocative writing. Unfortunately, this style of storytelling doesn't seem to work for me (I also struggled to get into Maud Martha). I'm learning that character development is important to me and my experience of books. A story told in vignettes like this captures some beautiful moments, and has a magical, poetic quality to it, but leaves me overall feeling sort of exhausted from the whirlwind of experiences and people introduced.  

If the vignette style works for you, I think this will be a fantastic reading experience. If you, like me, prefer a deep dive into characters and situations, this likely won't work for you. 

My favourite part was Cisneros' essay introduction about writing. Based on that part, I do want to give more of her work a try.