Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

8 reviews

gildedspines's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Misogyny, Violence, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexism, Physical abuse, and Abandonment

bookdrunkard78's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Car accident, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

janethevirgin46's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

In less than 100 pages, I cried twice. It was deeply effective in showing part of life in poverty, and the sadness of feeling lost in it. Absolutely wonderful book and glad I read it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Violence

stevia333k's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

I'm not rating this because I feel like the era this book is from ended within the past 10 year. I feel like I'm late to the scene. I didn't read this as part of a class when that's been the common way of interacting with this book.

This book is very much of the baby boomer generation (I had to use an inflation calculator), the setting is a single year circa 1977-1984. I'm not sure how much is historically accurate. There's obsolete parts.

This had been on my to read list since I was a little kid. I finally got an audiobook copy from my library today & it was only 2h19m long. Circa 2014 i was reading chapters of this book out of order because i approached it as an anthology similar to "chicken noodle souo for the [fill in the blank] soul". Also my reading speed back then sucked. 

Um, let's just say there's a massive rape culture, massive domestic violence, and there's at least 1 murder. Also suicidality. There's a part in the book where the girls are parroting transphobic biological essentialism, but to be fair that part of the story kind of calls out the academics who do that as people with power making just-so stories in order to maintain how they outrank others (hence calling this sort of queerphobia as naive).

I feel like this book was presented way back in my day how "braiding sweetgrass" is these days. I'm not sure how to feel about that. The book "settlers" by j sakai was contemporary to this book. IDK why this book became the popular book for including Latinx/hispanic people in academia.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Xenophobia, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Murder, Car accident, Classism, and Excrement

cassielaj's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

I loved the vignette style of this story! Cisneros develops such vivid characters and settings in such a short time. Also, the introduction to the 25th anniversary edition is stunning

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual harassment, Violence, Classism, and Physical abuse

friendofdorothea's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Really beautiful writing and super poetic. Not sure I was a huge fan of the format though. And I was a little confused at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Violence, Trafficking, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent, Death, and Child death

luluslittlelibrary's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I had to read this for school and it was definitely a great book with beautiful writing, but I really struggled to connect with it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, and Toxic relationship

sustainablyangry's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism