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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
Written in short vignettes, each "chapter" is no longer than three pages long. A quick read (read it in an airplane, bus trip, or any other hour) that is worth the time and attention from each reader.
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maybe if i had read the entire thing when I was younger I would have appreciated it more. it's relatively simple in language/structure. i think there's more nuance to living in a place you dont't belong, and I was disappointed to say the least
emotional
inspiring
reflective
fast-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:
Yes
Sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes happy. The book feels like playing outside in the summertime when you were 10.
3.5 rounded down
i loved the way the individual stories flowed like poems but i wish there was a little more coherency and order
i loved the way the individual stories flowed like poems but i wish there was a little more coherency and order
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
An absolutely stunning book. I can’t believe I’ve never read it before, though reading it in my 20s on a hot August afternoon in one sitting in the library proved to be the perfect setting. I wish I’d read this when I was 14. Esperanza I love you
I’m late to the party because I didn’t read this in high school. But I’m glad I read it now for work book club because it still lives up to the hype.
This book does so much in so little space — in 110 pages of vignettes that hardly ever go past 2 pages each.
Her prose is next level. There’s something so matter-of-fact talking about mature themes using a child’s perspective, expressed in a child’s longing with simple observations that belie how much pain there is in her community.
There’s so much there that I maybe wouldn’t have gotten if I had read it in high school, so many implications of socio-economic & racial-cultural & gendered violence & intergenerational trauma & narratives on suffering & enduring & coming of age feeling entirely alienated in the place you know best.
“My mother says when I get older my dusty hair will settle and my blouse will learn to stay clean, but I have decided not to grow up tame like the others who lay their necks on the threshold waiting for the ball and chain.”
This book does so much in so little space — in 110 pages of vignettes that hardly ever go past 2 pages each.
Her prose is next level. There’s something so matter-of-fact talking about mature themes using a child’s perspective, expressed in a child’s longing with simple observations that belie how much pain there is in her community.
There’s so much there that I maybe wouldn’t have gotten if I had read it in high school, so many implications of socio-economic & racial-cultural & gendered violence & intergenerational trauma & narratives on suffering & enduring & coming of age feeling entirely alienated in the place you know best.
“My mother says when I get older my dusty hair will settle and my blouse will learn to stay clean, but I have decided not to grow up tame like the others who lay their necks on the threshold waiting for the ball and chain.”