Bendiceme, Ultima

Actual rating: 2.5 stars. This is a hard review to write. I read Bless Me, Ultima because it is frequently challenged, often banned, sometimes even burned. I read it because it has been banished from Tucson classrooms and school libraries. I read it because I live in a majority Mexican-American commu......more

As posted in [[URL not allowed]]: As a Hispanic, I cannot believe that I hadn't read *Bless Me, Ultima* earlier. Once I started reading this book, I could not put it down. Anaya is a superb storyteller. As it is in the Hispanic culture, elders are supposed to be taken care of whether or not they......more

Being a native of New Mexico, I always heard references to this book growing up. I saw it in libraries, on recommended reading lists but never picked it up. I finally decided to read it after being transplanted to CA and was a little homesick and wanted to read something that would bring me closer t......more

Post listen review If you like really poetic and flowery language to describe the most mundane of details then this is the book for you. This book has murder, revenge, redemption, witchcraft and school bullies in it yet it was able to pretty much bore me the entire time. Now I know that some people re......more

Wow... There is a lot going on in this one. It is interesting that it is a banned book. But I guess there is a lot of "bruha" and other-related craziness that may be the reason. Antonio Marez was a good-ass kid for all that life gave him. He could have gone in many directions, but his heart was pure.......more