7.34k reviews for:

La Casa En Mango Street/The House On Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros, Sandra Cisneros, Elena Poniatowska

3.76 AVERAGE

ksdeveza's review against another edition

3.0

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

kcota22's review against another edition

3.5

emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

evelyn1917's review against another edition

3.0

hopeful reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

lexieee4's review against another edition

3.75

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Short 2-3 page “chapters” lack a plot to string the stories together but well written and worth reading

marinaf's review against another edition

3.75

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing 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: Complicated

omayeli's review against another edition

4.0

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sweet sweet melody of a book. I love the musicality, it reads like poetry (“bow-tied fruit flies,” “Darius who doesn’t like school, who is sometimes stupid and mostly a fool”, “next week she comes over black and blue and asks what can she do”)

Her figures of speech are my favorite, they make me think so intently about objects, things, everything
“They don’t walk like ordinary dogs but keep and somersaults like an apostrophe and comma,” “ceiling smooth as wedding cake,” “clean as paper before the poem,” “she looked out the window her whole life the way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow”

The simplest lines that blow you away out of nowhere. I am still thinking of:

“You all see that cloud, that fat one there? Darius said. See that? Where? That one next to the one that look like popcorn. That one there. See that. That’s God, Darius said. God? somebody little asked. God, he said, and made it simple.”

lilia493's review against another edition

3.5

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

worldofyesterday's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny reflective fast-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

melodyramirez's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

homebecked's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No