Woman Hollering Creek The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

Woman Hollering Creek The House on Mango Street Reviews

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  Patricia

  I love Sandra Cisneros' writing. It's whimsical, observational, funny, and perfectly bilingual.
  
  My favorite story from this collection is Eleven (found on page 6). "What they don't understand about birthdays and what they never tell you is that when you're eleven, you're also ten, and nine, and eight, and seven, and six, and five, and four, and three, and two, and one. And when you wake up on your eleventh birthday you expect to feel eleven, but you don't You open your eyes and everything's just like yesterday, only it's today. And you don't feel eleven at all. You feel like you're still ten. And you are--underneath the year that makes you eleven."
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  VJ

  Enjoyed the bilingual aspect. The stories were a bit odd to me, but I read every one. Picked the book up because of the title and the story that went with it was ok and explained the source of the title.
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  Linda

  I liked Eyes of Zapata the most.
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  Elynn

  A whimsical insight into Latin life. Required reading but still like it. It reminds me of home … I am not a Latina but Asian. Goes to show different cultures can share many common grounds.
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  Juanita

  These stories are the confessions of a wildfire, woven with wisps of smoke and emotion and fragility. There’s nothing that hasn’t already been mentioned. If you want to feel raw, read this book.
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  Shanedra Smith

  I don't like this book. And for that same reason, I like this book. I have never read a book so raw, so honest, so full of realness and transparency. I felt dirty, ashamed, sorrowful, emotional and emotionless, so many different emotions, sometimes at the same time, sometimes separate. A story that will stick to me is probably the one about the 13 year old who fell in love with her rapist, or thought she was in love with her rapist. Favorites of mine are the last two entries. (Flavio is a DOG! He doesn't love LUPITA! And poor Lupe, a stool for his sick poetry.)
  
  I read this for my Spanish class this year, and I am not too sure what to write about it on the test upcoming Saturday. But overall, very strong and raw book. I am used to those fairy tale endings and happy feelings movies often give you, but from the start, I didn't get this kind of vibe. I am definitely interested in reading more of Sandra Cisneros's work. Possibly The House on Mango Street.
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  Leah Rose

  ⭐️⭐️ I am giving this book a two as I found it a very basic and somewhat stereotypical coming of age story. I suppose an additional factor to my rating comes from the fact that it was assigned summer reading for me thus making it slightly less enjoyable. Nonetheless, the plot to me was rudimentary. While some may call it illustrative and easy to visualize, I feel that when conveying a message as deep as the one in this book, more pages could have been spent further developing the characters and the plot. If you are looking for a light, light read, this is the book for you. While I would certainly never complain about book length, I feel that the brevity of this novel made it slightly more elementary.
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  Lacey Conrad

  These are the kinds of stories you need to let roll around in your brain in order to fully appreciate them, at least for me as I do not come from the culture she writes of. There was a bit of overlap in the stories - common characters and situations - so it didn’t entirely feel like a collection of short stories. I really enjoyed the imagery and her focus on female characters. Bien Pretty was my favorite of the collection.
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  Greta

  Sandra Cisneros writes great short stories, and I bet her novels are just as good. In preparation for a visit to Chicago, she is one of the windy cities famous authors who is new to me. She has a quick, crisp, humorous perspective that entertains. Chicago does not figure in this collection, oh well.
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  Lauren Ruiz

  One of my favorite books in recent years. Incredible beauty in the writing. It spoke to my soul.
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  boop

  beautiful, beautiful writing i cant describe enough just how good it is
  my favorite story was bien pretty and eleven although i liked all of them
  just... real good
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  Analise Banko

  ✨✨🥶🥶
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  Malbadeen

  I might have enjoyed this collection more had it not been the stepping stone for fellow students to share their "knowledge" of Mexican culture/oppressed woman/poverty etc, etc, etc, It's difficult to appreciate a story when everyone is so busy wrapping it in personal experience (or worse - personal assumptions) that we're not able to see it as ONE persons story with the potential to reveal something new or deeper.
  
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  Ervis

  This book is not very good. It was a little boring reading it. its about this girl who grows up in mango street, Chicago. She is not perfect but people criticize her. She grew up on a Puerto Rican neighborhood. Her parents are both Mexican and she has 6 other siblings. overall it was ok. i would recommend it to middle school kids.
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  Christine

  Words words words. She is a wizard with creating sounds, smells, scents - oh the complete mastery of creating place - with her words. Love the images of life Cisneros crafts with her paragraphs. If I ever write, Cisneros is one of my examples of mastering the depiction of a place and time in as succinct sentences/phrases as possible.
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  Ashley

  this book was okayy, it tells a story of a girl growing up in chicago and about her house on mango street (hence the title). There are many ups and downs and many people she meets that are positive and negative influences on her. She wants to be better than what people expect her to be.
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  Shannon

  A great collection of short stories. I am always amazed at her writing style. There are moments in the book where she writes an entire paragraph with only one sentence...(which goes against what I teach my students about a paragraph being 3-5 sentence)
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  Jen

  I read The House on Mango St in college and remember loving it. Being entranced and excited. This book of stories was true to that memory. Beautifully told and painfully painted depictions on the female experience.
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  Norma Avila

  This book is written beautifully. The tragic situations that are dealt with inspirational and caring individuals were captivating and interesting to read about. I always look forward to reading anything by this author.
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  meredith

  oooooooooooooo
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  Angie

  I read this so long ago, I can't even tell you if I liked it or not. I just added it to create the illusion that I read many different books.
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  Sporky Morin

  I love this book, wonderful storytelling.