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Buried Onions

Name: Buried Onions
Author: Gary Soto

by Gary Soto

1997•Drama•149 pages

Taste attributes: dramateencrimerealisticsimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeancetroubled leads

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Boxlist takeA realistic novel, small-scale rather than epic. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Open Library rating

4.7 / 5

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About This Book

When nineteen-year-old Eddie drops out of college, he struggles to find a place for himself as a Mexican American living in a violence-infested neighborhood of Fresno, California.

Description: Open Library

Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DramaTeenCrimeHuman spirit/resilience/survivalInjustice/tragedy/vengeanceTroubled leads

Subjects

Juvenile fictionViolenceMexican AmericansChicano gangsGangs

Details

Author: Gary Soto
Published: 1997
Pages: 149
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Source: Open Library

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