Cinnamon Girl: letters found inside a cereal box Paperback – February 23, 2016

as advertised

Daughter liked book

I finished Cinnamon Girl: Letters Found inside a Cereal Box with mixed feelings. On one hand, it had a touching plot: a girl named Yolanda promises to collect all the dust and return it to Ground Zero in order to heal her Uncle DJ. Although I usually find modern poets overrated, there were a few beautifully written verses in this book, such as: "with my eyes made of little rivers, green / rushing from deep inside, from holy, kind / waters deep-blue-green-green, / where mambos and boleros are born / and guitar girls weep / and burst into islands of fire - / this / is the / beginning / I wanted, / Sky" On the other hand, the book as a whole is unmemorable. It is too short, with not enough time for the characters to fully develop. Many parts of the plot are left unexplained and the ending is too abrupt. The writing is sometimes vague and erratic. All in all, although Cinnamon Girl is, at times, touching and beautiful, it is also quite ambiguous and better discussed than read individually.