Bless Me, Ultima

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Summary: An excellent written book
Review: Anaya's tale of Tony and Ultima is a verygood novel. He uses a lot of symbolism in the character of Ultima. His description of the settings is remarkable and I just all out like his writing style.

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Summary: A thought-provoker
Review: What a beautiful book! Anyone who has ever experienced doubts about his/her religion (no matter what it may be) will recognize elements of Antonio Marez's dilemma.

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Summary: A horribly bad novel
Review: One of the worst books ever written. I struggled to interest myself in the storyline, which would have been a lot easier if there was a decent one present. There should have been a lot more stucture to support Anaya's unrealistic ideas present throughout the book. It was simply all around bad. I would never wish the boredom this book causes on anyone...

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Summary: An epic tale
Review: An epic tale of a boy (aren't they all?) and his struggle to find himself.I just read this in High School and I say it's the best thing those bastards every made,or tried to at least,me do.My favorite book ever.I honestly don't think it gets any better than this.It makes you think and ask questions yourself.This may not appeal to everyone because it asks questions about religion and thats a lot more than some religions will let you do.Get the book even if you're not a book reader or if you can't even read have someone read it to you.A masterpiece.

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Summary: Excellent, Excellent, Excellent
Review: Rudolfo Anaya weaves a mysterious and fascinating tale from the culture and history of the Southwest.The adventures Antonio experiences make good movie material.Hope to see it on the screen someday.

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Summary: A unbelievable novel that is full of almost poetic writing.
Review: This is one of the best books that I have read in months. I believe that Rudolfo did a supreme job of showing a classic battle between good and evil without making it very obvious. The way he is able to enchant the reader by showing us the troubles of growing up and the questions we all ask ourselves about religion is truly magnificient. To anyone who is thinking about buying this book I highly recomend it and I hope that you enjoy the wonderful style of writing that is sure to capture your imagination.

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Summary: ALMOST MORE SUBTEXT THAN STORY
Review: Reading this book, as enjoyable as it was, brought about mostly layers upon layers of sybolism and conflicts. Therein, though, lies Anaya's greatest acheivement: his ability to mask such contrasting elements as the Marez and Luna blood, and the Chrisitian trinity with Pagan Idealism into the everyday life of his 6 year-old protagonist. The running theme of evil coming in threes (the three bruja sisters, the three dead indians, his three womanizing brothers)seems to only emphasize Anaya's eventual comfort in the community's original polytheistic roots and his distrust of organized religion. A great book with interesting characters, a blatantly Romantic plot, and beautiful descriptive text.

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Summary: This is one of the best books I ever read...
Review: This book was assigned to me in my english class, and usually I don't like assigned books but I could not put this one down. They way Tony's struggles are described and the use of the dreams .... it is amazing. Do your self a favor ... read this book!!!!

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Summary: a pretty good book
Review: Ok. So the book was pretty good. I think the last couple of pages were the best... but i don't see what everyone is talking about when they say that the theme of this book is so rich and this and that, but what is the theme. Is it that with life one learns, or is it a good is stronger than evil. the latter of the two comments is what i hear most often, but for those of you who have read the book the ending sure didn't follow that latter theme. So basically i'm posing a question: what do you think the strongest theme of this book is?

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Summary: straight to the heart of a little boy
Review: Anaya takes the reader on a ride inside the heart and mind of a little boy growing up in New Mexico. Anaya captures the child's mind in a way few writer's have managed. The symbolism is wildly entertaining; the story is fast-paced and surprising and the characters are rich. I certainly felt for the characters. I will definitely read more of Anaya's work.