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Summary: the best novel
Review: This book is amazing.It's so real as you read on.is exacly what life is like for most puerto ricans as child and the life around chicago and humbolt park. As I continued readind forward it felt as if I was reading one of my brothers story, i truly understud everything Reymundo had to say. people judge us teenagers who have lived around that area but they don't know what is like living in it.. Its terrible living there and is ashamed that is where my people are at.I think that my own people give themselves a bad name.Is like they are such dirt, especially the majority whom live there.there's one thing I have to say to the aof this book, and taht is that I'm so proud of him and I wish him good luck.
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Summary: Reality, with some perspective
Review: Excellent description of gang life, and how young men are sucked into that life. Witten by a former Latin King who joined at a very young age, and quickly rose through the ranks to become a street level leader.During this period, he became addicted to drugs, and his life spiraled out of control. The only reason he is alive to write this book is that he got out before he hit his late teens. The book lays out in great and convincing detail what it means to be a member of a street gang. One forgets that the author did everything that he describes in about three years (the time line is apparently intentionally fudged), and all before he reached adulthood. The only warning I would give is that the book does not really explore the higher reaches of the gang structure. The author readily admits that he never came anywhere near that level, and was used and abused by those that did. That is the book I am waiting for.
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Summary: A captivating book, but...
Review: it seems that this author is not too far removed from the life he describes within the book's pages. The narrative begins with his childhood experiences, all of which were tales of abuse of one kind or another, save the odd baseball game. It progresses into his full-fledged gang life (which comprises the majority of the book), graphically retelling his involvement in violent crimes, drugs and alcohol, and promiscuous sexual activity. The book concludes with his demise into addiction, and the circumstances of his exit from the gang. In all, the narrative covers approximately 15 years of his life. There is a sense of machismo and pride in some of the episodes he describes (especially in some of his sexual encounters and disrespect for the police), and a definite nostalgia comes over the narrative when he discusses the origins of the Latin Kings, and the days when Latino gangs did not fight against one another, even though his first hand experience in those days was almost non-existent in the book. In other locations, his narrative assumes a sincere tone of regret, especially when he recalls the victims of violent acts, many of whom were not gang members. Another example of this dichotomy is his chosen pseudonym: Reymundo, which in Spanish is Rey (king) and mundo (world). It occurs to me that the author of this book is still very much attempting to discover who he is, and trying to interpret his life so far. As a reader, it is a rare glimpse indeed to witness a portion of one man's life in such a way.
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Summary: One Word: Excellent!
Review: Once I started reading this book I just couldn't put it down. It is the most amazing story I've read in a long time. If you want an authoer to wow you with big words and fantasy type stories about gangs then this book isn't for you....If you want a very real, very raw and powerful book then look no further. An excellent book that is a must read.
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Summary: BEST BOOK I EVER READ
Review: GROWING UP IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD, AND SEEING FIRST HAND THE REALITY OF WHAT HE WROTE I COULDENT HELP BUT BE CAPTIVATED BY THE BOOK. HE LEADS YOU ON AN EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER THROUGH FEELINGS AND ENCOUNTERS HE HAD THROUGHOUT LIFE. FOR ANYONE WHO EVER HAD A CURIOSITY OF THE GRIITY WORLD OF GANGS THIS IS A MUST READ
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Summary: E-Mail any question/comments to MyBloodyLife@juno.com
Review: My bloody life is tragic story of the nightmares that exist in American cities. This story is not so much about a kid's miserable life - but of the ignorant adults around him. Are you one of these adults? Do you know if your kid is in a gang? Is your kid or a kid you know suffering from some form of abuse? Do you care? Open a dialogue - be nosy - get involved.....PLEASE!
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Summary: Latin King tells all and tells it well
Review: My Bloody Life is rather straightforward memoir about Sanchez's randomly brutal childhood and his subsequent violent career with the Latin Kings in Chicago. And a very violent career it was: bloodshed and drug addiction are the two major elements of the narrative. For all of that, this reader did not feel that the author was patronizing us or shocking us for its own sake: he is describing his world as he saw it, and he didn't live by Walden Pond. My Bloody Life does nothing to glamourize gang life, but it is apparent that the Latin Kings did provide Mr. Sanchez with the only community, the only family he has ever had. This adds a poignant note to an unsentimental memoir: it is only when the author is speaking of the gang that you feel he is connected to the world around him. The Latin Kings gave him a chance to be on the winning side of violence, for a while, instead of just being its clueless victim. The prose is unadorned, the rhetorical tricks few, and the printing errors more frequent that I would wish, but I read this book with the sense that I was reading a life, and not just puffery or bathos. And that is what all memoirs are for. In addition, My Bloody Life tells us a great deal about one gang and one gangbanger, things that many of us do not understand very well, even if we see them everyday. Is this book worth reading? Most definitely.
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Summary: BRAVO...VERY BRAVE!!!
Review: I think this is an excellent book,that depicts alot of the latino youth in Chicago.Unfortunately most do not live to tell about their experiences,let alone write a book about it,which by the way takes more guts than anything else.I admire Raymundo Sanchez for his bravery to ENDURE,PURSUE,and CONQUER.
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Summary: Good, but repetitous
Review: It's a sex and bloodfest, but what do you expect?
The author hesitated to join a gang, yet slowly was lured in, wanting to belong in a world where hes family beat him almost to death.
Later, he sees how the gang, formed to protect the minority in a hard world, ends up using the young to sell drugs and make money.
And that is a classic story.
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Summary: My Bloody Life Review For English Class
Review: My Bloody Life, by Reymundo Sanchez was an excellent book. It was one of the best I have ever read. I would definitely rate it very highly. I liked it because it arose many questions to me. One of my favorite things of this book is that it made me think, yet I liked to think about that book. It made me not want to stop until I was done. I finished it in a week, not even. I liked it becasue it had everything that a book can have; action, gangs, drugs, love, romance, violence, swear words. I liked the swears, because it made it more real to me. It also never left anything questionable. It would leave you hanging, and then it would explain. I liked it a lot and suggest that anyone should read it.
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