Reviews with content warning for Sexual assault - The House on Mango Street

Kind of struggled to get into this book, to be honest. The writing style made it difficult to determine exactly where the plot was going (and I'm not even sure that the book was meant to have a strict plot structure in the first place), and I feel like I didn't really get enough of a grasp of the characters to really feel a deeper connection to them as a whole. I could see why other people like this book, as the writing style is engaging and at times seems almost poetic, but it personally just wasn't for me.

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emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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4.0

A really beautiful and well-crafted selection of vignettes that can be read separately as shorter pieces of fiction, or as a part of a larger whole to give an insight into the violence and struggle experienced by Esperanza, as well as coming-of-age moments, growing up as a Latina on a street in Chicago called Mango Street. Cisneros weaves a truly wonderful story based on her own experiences.

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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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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

3.75

The book written in vignettes is a moving story of Esperanza a young girl who moves to Mango Street, her parents buying their first home. Unfortunately it is not at all what she dreamt of as a home. Through the story time passes and we see Esperanza begin to grow up over that year. The trials she faces on Mango street. The rough neighborhood and the pains of growing up in that environment. Throughout the story she begins to loose her childhood innocence through events and situations that no young girl should go through but many do. But because of those she develops a sense of self of right and wrong and of leaving Mango street to come back to help those in need. A wonderful coming of age story.

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