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7.42k reviews for:
La Casa En Mango Street/The House On Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros, Sandra Cisneros, Elena Poniatowska
3.76 AVERAGE
7.42k reviews for:
La Casa En Mango Street/The House On Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros, Sandra Cisneros, Elena Poniatowska
3.76 AVERAGE
I feel so privileged to be able to read so many beautiful books in my lifetime. This is no exception. I felt as though Sandra Cisneros looked at my adolescence and wrote it in a book. Although I did not personally grow up in a house like the house on Mango Street, many of my Chicago relatives have. Mainly the aspect of this book that speaks to my soul is the evolution of innocent adolescence to the stark realization of womanhood portrayed through the different prose throughout the book. The writing reflects the ages of Esperanza through the different stories, and at the surface it could seem that these stories are just quick reflections on the people within the neighborhood, but a deeper dive speaks to the reflection of a child in their neighborhood becoming a woman needing to seek the world outside Mango Street. This book felt like reading stories from my soul.
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-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
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
In snippets that leave you craving more, The House on Mango Street forms a hasty sketch of the life of a maturing Mexico-to-USA migrant. Her story, which is somewhere between diary entries and a serialised newspaper column, consists of her experiences and her observations of others on Mango Street, which mainly houses other migrant families as well as lower-income households. The short chapters don’t give many details, but they don’t need to; the stories, while at times distressing, are either so relatable or so universal that one can easily fill in the blanks. I blasted through this book, loved the diversity of the characters, and was touched by the narrator’s strong connection to her community.
dark
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
that was a cute short book. a collection of short, short stories or “vignettes” about cisneros’s coming of age experience growing up in chicago. i think i would’ve enjoyed this more if i was younger. tbh it was hard to stay engaged & excited to keep reading. some of the stories were quite sad actually. the writing structure fell a bit flat for me but i enjoyed branching out! i can definitely see this book being enjoyable/relatable for other folks. just trying to catch up on my reading goal for the year rn though. also first book on kindle hehe
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Truly an insight of being a first generation Mexican American and all of the different feelings you experience as a kid
Required reading for my AP English class in 12th grade. Of the 5 or 6 that we had to read that year, I remember that this was one that I liked more. However, 7 years later, I can't recall much of the storyline - guess it didn't leave much of an impact.
fast-paced
I probably should not even rate this… I listened to the whole thing but had a hard time paying attention for whatever reason. Too much going on this week. I wish I had read this in school. Maybe I’ll return to it one day.