Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

16 reviews

jordansmoot's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence

ios_reads's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book. It had a pleasant read within it that touches on a lot of Latin struggles within the US specifically. I gave me a different perspective on familial instances of my own, and has become one of my favorite reads and one of my top books of all time. Sandra captures the reader with her fruitful progression and stark imagery that does not lack in all senses. You could literally paint the pictures you were reading. I recommend this as a must read from such a strong Latin author!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Toxic relationship, Child death, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, and Sexual violence

stevia333k's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

I'm not rating this because I feel like the era this book is from ended within the past 10 year. I feel like I'm late to the scene. I didn't read this as part of a class when that's been the common way of interacting with this book.

This book is very much of the baby boomer generation (I had to use an inflation calculator), the setting is a single year circa 1977-1984. I'm not sure how much is historically accurate. There's obsolete parts.

This had been on my to read list since I was a little kid. I finally got an audiobook copy from my library today & it was only 2h19m long. Circa 2014 i was reading chapters of this book out of order because i approached it as an anthology similar to "chicken noodle souo for the [fill in the blank] soul". Also my reading speed back then sucked. 

Um, let's just say there's a massive rape culture, massive domestic violence, and there's at least 1 murder. Also suicidality. There's a part in the book where the girls are parroting transphobic biological essentialism, but to be fair that part of the story kind of calls out the academics who do that as people with power making just-so stories in order to maintain how they outrank others (hence calling this sort of queerphobia as naive).

I feel like this book was presented way back in my day how "braiding sweetgrass" is these days. I'm not sure how to feel about that. The book "settlers" by j sakai was contemporary to this book. IDK why this book became the popular book for including Latinx/hispanic people in academia.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Xenophobia, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Murder, Car accident, Classism, and Excrement

readingwithkaitlyn's review

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence, Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Car accident, Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Rape

Poverty, E slur.

divyareads's review

challenging emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Racism, and Sexual violence

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

mariebrunelm's review

dark emotional 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

This book feels like a collection of candid snapshots taken by our narrator and main protagonist, Esperanza. She's a young girl from a Latina family growing up in Chicago, who doesn't know where she belongs. Her story is that of so many first-generation immigrants and she faces the same hardships, some she sets light on, others she's too young to really notice. This novel told in bite-size pieces is quite touching but tumbles into dark territory toward the end (see most of the content warnings). 
Rep: Mexican-American family.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Fatphobia, Sexual harassment, Racism, Sexual violence, Child death, and Domestic abuse

turnip11's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Fatphobia, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Body shaming, Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Sexism

friendofdorothea's review

emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

Really beautiful writing and super poetic. Not sure I was a huge fan of the format though. And I was a little confused at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Violence, Trafficking, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent, Death, and Child death

joisaddler's review

emotional funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence