The House on Mango Street

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Summary: Dull. no change in character through book. No plot
Review: Don't waste your money. There is no plot, or change in character throughout the whole book. It deserves to be burned.

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Summary: its bad
Review: This book is very bad. It's extremley boring and put me to sleep. In other words don't read it.

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Summary: Inspring & Excellent Read
Review: I teach this book often. The students who "get" it, who are not misled by its simple sentences, find it releases barriers in their own writing. Cisneros shows us a world stripped of its illusions yet does it so wonderfully that beauty remains.

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Summary: P.U. spells Phew
Review: Cincineros vingettes are so stupid and boring. A confusing book using metaphors and all sorts of strangely written vingettes. The book is so obvious what will happen, I almost fell asleep of bordom from the stupid stories. Writing about her Latino life was not interesting at all. I do amidt though some vignettes were good, but they came to few and far. Do me a favor and not buy this book.

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Summary: good
Review: I thought that this book was full of excitement and pizazz! I think that everybidy should read it.

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Summary: this really is something you should read
Review: I am surprised to see so many reviews call this the "other" side of life. It amazes me that we as a culture are still so quick to marginalize when we can. Esperanza is not the big bad "other" marginalized to the point that people from the central group cannot relate -- she talks about family, home, growing up, and feeling both comfortable and uncomfortable at the same time. While the vignettes do indeed jump from idea to idea, considering its postmodern roots (if one can say postmodernism has such groundings), the juxtaposition of the vignettes tells a reader more than a blatant observation could. This is a great read as an entire novel(la?), but you should find yourself returning to individual vignettes. And you will find that you relate, no matter what group you think you belong to!

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Summary: I Hate This Book
Review: This book falls under the category of RL Stine. I have to read it and i hate it. It has no point and is just plain dull. I read books like this when i was in 3rd grade. It needs one of those for ages 8-9 stickers on it.

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Summary: DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!!!
Review: THIS BOOK REEKS. SANDRA EXPLAINS PIECES OF THE NARRATORS LIFE IN SHORT STORIES WITH NO END AND NO PIONT. AFTER YOU FINISH A CHAPTER YOU DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU JUST READ. I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE PATIENCE TO READ IT IN ONE SITTING WHICH IS SAD SINCE ITS 110 PAGES LONG!!!

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Summary: This book was terrible!
Review: I didn't like it at all, I mean, who has time to read a book with a lot of incomplete storie in it, and not even a point. she should elaborate on the stories, and make the book a book of short COMPLETE stories, and then it would be worth paying for.

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Summary: Well . . .
Review: This was an OK book. I didn't really like it at all, BUT you have to give the author credit for trying. I'm not a fan of "between the lines" reading. But it did provide some good laughs for our class, as the teacher and everyone else saw it. The red clowns section was strange.