A review by daniel_faniel
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Some of the vignettes were good, and I love how she packs so much thought into such few words. But overall, this just didn’t click with me. 

It’s also tough to really rate this because there’s like almost a pretentiousness to this.  Very high school slam poetry-esque. Very manufactured. But it also has really good moments. It’s a what came first, chicken or the egg, situation for me.

I do feel inspired to write. Not about my own experiences like this, I think I’m just a fan of vignette/flash fiction now.