The Line of the Sun

Rating:
Summary: A Good Read
Review: I enjoyed reading this book about the life of Guzman or rather more about the life of a Puerto Rican family. The main focus is on Guzman and his sister Ramona's family. In the second half Marisol, Ramona's daughter, continues the story to the end. Magic plays a role in the story, but it adds interest as well as Guzman's return to the family in the second half. I also enjoyed the fact that women had a strong presence in the family. I thought that latin men would be the dominant members of the family. This book demonstrated to me that either women or men could have a dominant presence in the family. While reading, I felt that I was living with them as an impartial viewer seeing a life as though it were a movie in progress. The book captures the essence of the life and the spiritual influences that I have read or heard about from other sources. Some may feel that the story is full of cliches, but to me the story is about life, a good read as C.S.Forester's The African Queen or Daniel Quinn's Ishmael.

Rating:
Summary: A Good Read
Review: I enjoyed reading this book about the life of Guzman or rather more about the life of a Puerto Rican family. The main focus is on Guzman and his sister Ramona's family. In the second half Marisol, Ramona's daughter, continues the story to the end. Magic plays a role in the story, but it adds interest as well as Guzman's return to the family in the second half. I also enjoyed the fact that women had a strong presence in the family. I thought that latin men would be the dominant members of the family. This book demonstrated to me that either women or men could have a dominant presence in the family. While reading, I felt that I was living with them as an impartial viewer seeing a life as though it were a movie in progress. The book captures the essence of the life and the spiritual influences that I have read or heard about from other sources. Some may feel that the story is full of cliches, but to me the story is about life, a good read as C.S.Forester's The African Queen or Daniel Quinn's Ishmael.

Rating:
Summary: A beautiful book that unfortunately turns into a cliche
Review: This book begins with a colorful and exoticized portrayal of a family living in Salud, a small town in Puerto Rico. The story is a telenovela, filled with bright colors, beautiful people, undying love between the wrong people. However, we find out that the narrator is, in fact, a niece to the first main character, Guzman. Her story is far less interesting and motivating than hers and the second half of the novel- her coming of age- is so similar to Nicholasa Mohr's Nilda and Esmeralda Santiago's When I Was Puerto Rican, that it is a disappointing denoument to the novel.

Rating:
Summary: A beautiful book that unfortunately turns into a cliche
Review: This book begins with a colorful and exoticized portrayal of a family living in Salud, a small town in Puerto Rico. The story is a telenovela, filled with bright colors, beautiful people, undying love between the wrong people. However, we find out that the narrator is, in fact, a niece to the first main character, Guzman. Her story is far less interesting and motivating than hers and the second half of the novel- her coming of age- is so similar to Nicholasa Mohr's Nilda and Esmeralda Santiago's When I Was Puerto Rican, that it is a disappointing denoument to the novel.

Rating:
Summary: One of My Favorite in Puerto Rican Literature.
Review: This has to be one of my favorite books by Mrs. Cofer; I loved it so much I read it three times in a row. The story of the lives of Mama Cielo, her son Guazman and so forth takes you on a journey to Puerto Rico in the earlier part of the 20th century. The Characters are all interweaved into a World that will captivate you. Starting in rural Puerto Rico and then going to the barrios of New York, and back to Puerto Rico. One takes a journey through the Peasant Puerto Rican life, the mystery and magic of brujeria and Santeriia. This book has it all, a Novel that reads like one of those most loved, Spanish Telenovelas. This book is a must read for all Latino, especially to my sister Latinas as this book shows the importance and strength of the Latina woman in the Familia. Highly Recommended. I wish they would base a mini TV movie on this book, it would be such a treat. A++++++++++

Rating:
Summary: One of My Favorite in Puerto Rican Literature.
Review: This has to be one of my favorite books by Mrs. Cofer; I loved it so much I read it three times in a row. The story of the lives of Mama Cielo, her son Guazman and so forth takes you on a journey to Puerto Rico in the earlier part of the 20th century. The Characters are all interweaved into a World that will captivate you. Starting in rural Puerto Rico and then going to the barrios of New York, and back to Puerto Rico. One takes a journey through the Peasant Puerto Rican life, the mystery and magic of brujeria and Santeriia. This book has it all, a Novel that reads like one of those most loved, Spanish Telenovelas. This book is a must read for all Latino, especially to my sister Latinas as this book shows the importance and strength of the Latina woman in the Familia. Highly Recommended. I wish they would base a mini TV movie on this book, it would be such a treat. A++++++++++