A review by dwcofer
You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down: Stories by Alice Walker
1.0
This collection of short stories by Alice Walker were terribly disappointing. I checked the book out from my library as I was interested in the story, “The Abortion,” but I also read the other stories as well.
Overall, the stories were about black people being black, not being people. The stories were full of racism, sex-crazed women, pornography, and were misogynistic. These portrayals only further fuel the stereotypical black person. And the author is black. Shame on her. She should be elevating her characters above these images instead of putting them down.
The writing was poor as well. In several stories I noted numerous POV shifts from first person to third person and back to first person, often in the same paragraph. Unfortunately, a waste of time.
Overall, the stories were about black people being black, not being people. The stories were full of racism, sex-crazed women, pornography, and were misogynistic. These portrayals only further fuel the stereotypical black person. And the author is black. Shame on her. She should be elevating her characters above these images instead of putting them down.
The writing was poor as well. In several stories I noted numerous POV shifts from first person to third person and back to first person, often in the same paragraph. Unfortunately, a waste of time.