Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

23 reviews

mbasford's review

hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual harassment, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

logikitty's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Physical abuse and Suicidal thoughts

ashybri's review

emotional funny lighthearted 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? N/A

4.0

A uniquely written work that made you feel as though you personally spoke to the characters and witnessed the events in each story. Beautiful storytelling with parts that were more poetry than stories. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Classism, and Domestic abuse

Touches on sensitive subjects and events

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like abuse and assault

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but doesn’t include graphic details.

zeta's review

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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Misogyny

literaryecho's review

emotional funny inspiring reflective tense 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

4.0

At the ripe old age of (almost) 27, I've finally read The House on Mango Street. It's taken me an awfully long time to get around to it, mostly because these kinds of books weren't accessible to me growing up. But after reading Cisneros' work, I really wish I'd been able to read this when I was younger.

A lot of these stories were great and a couple of them hit me really hard. Geraldo No Last Name comes to mind immediately. It was the saddest and my favorite of the vignettes in this collection. 

Cisneros writes this book from the perspective of Esperanza, a young girl who is growing up poor and struggling with friendships, family, and life in general. The range of these vignettes is so wide, covering topics of school, religion, abuse, immigration, poverty, boys, sisters, having fights with friends, the magic of old hangout spots fading as you get older, and so so much more. Each one is individual and yet connected at the same time.

In addition to the book being great, the preface was amazing. Cisneros wrote about her life growing up, what inspired these stories, what it was like growing up Latina in a poor neighborhood—

When she thinks to herself in her father's language, she knows sons and daughters don't leave their parents' house until they marry. When she thinks in English, she knows she should've been on her own since eighteen.

This is one of those books everyone should read at least once. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Domestic abuse, and Death

Brief mentions of most of these things. The author is not explicitly describing anything, just showing observations from the perspective of a child as this was going on around her. Much of it isn't portrayed in full context because Esperanza (the narrator) does not fully understand all of the details of what is happening.

liyahleepfrog's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, and Child death

hetismarijkie's review

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Death, and Adult/minor relationship

lilahs_literacy_corner's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

A story told from the perspective of a 12 year old, yet the words she utters are some of the most heartbreaking and wise things ever said. What I find most endearing about this book is Esperanza doesn't even see her light, like many of us who grow up in houses with struggle, in societies of xenophobia and racism, we cannot see our light. Yet it shines so brightly through her words. The mear determination she has in leaving and letting go, to come back is something I think as poc, we are all familiar with. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Suicide attempt

its_van_vulpen's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Classism, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

arangele's review

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment and Rape

Minor: Death, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Physical abuse