Selected Product: | My Bloody Life: The Making of a Latin King (Illinois) Paperback Author: Reymundo Sanchez Publisher: Chicago Review Press Release Date: 2000-07-01 ISBN-10: 1556524277 ISBN-13: 9781556524271 List Price: $16.95 Average Customer Rating: | | Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member ISBN-10: 0802141447 ISBN-13: 9780802141446 List Price:$14.00 Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. ISBN-10: 0743276914 ISBN-13: 9780743276917 List Price:$14.00 Once a King, Always a King: The Unmaking of a Latin King ISBN-10: 1556525532 ISBN-13: 9781556525537 List Price:$16.95 Lady Q: The Rise and Fall of a Latin Queen ISBN-10: 1556527225 ISBN-13: 9781556527227 List Price:$24.95 |
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Looking for an escape from childhood abuse, Reymundo Sanchez turned away from school and baseball to drugs, alcohol, and then sex, and was left to fend for himself before age 14. The Latin Kings, one of the largest and most notorious street gangs in America, became his refuge and his world, but its violence cost him friends, freedom, self-respect, and nearly his life. This is a raw and powerful odyssey through the ranks of the new mafia, where the only people more dangerous than rival gangs are members of your own gang, who in one breath will say they’ll die for you and in the next will order your assassination.
Turn of Events | Customer Rating: | | I found this book to be interesting. It was sad to see how this man never received love as a child and in turn didn't know what love really was. He was a puppet for his gang who only gave him "respect" if he did what he was told. This man's life was out of control from day one. I finished this book in no time as it was interesting to see what happened to him next. I can't wait to read the unmaking of a Latin King. | Heartbreaking, yet motivating. | Customer Rating: | | I read all three of "Reymundo's" books. From page one, this book had me hooked. It's unimaginable the horror "Reymundo" faced as a child. It's hard to believe he's actually alive today, but I'm glad he is because he made an incredible book that deserves to be read. | Cold | Customer Rating: | I'll keep this short: My Bloody Life was not a very thoughtful book. I don't want to disparage the efforts of the author, who clearly had a fantastic story to tell. But I got the sense from reading the book that the story was told because he felt that someone needed to tell it, not because he felt he understood it in some greater sense. There are moments of clarity where he states or alludes to some grand narrative of life that the events fit into, but those moments clash with each other indicating that he's not really sure what that narrative is.
I read this book along with classmates in a teacher education course, and we discussed whether we thought it was educationally valuable to read this book as opposed to some other one. We decided that it was probably beneficial for what I termed the "oh crap" factor of surprising folks that didn't know what gang life could be like. At the same time though, the class agreed that reading this book might give readers the impression that every gang is like this one and that every kid in a rough neighborhood is gang-affiliated. Please don't walk away with that understanding. | My Bloody Life: The Making of Latin King | Customer Rating: | | A great book! Once you start reading the book you can't stop. Open your eyes to reality and helps you not to judge people and see what they act like that and why is the reason behind the life style they had taken. | You Must Be Joking! | Customer Rating: | | I was definitely interested in reading this book, but the fact that the "spanish" written in the book was more like spanglish, incorrect grammar, with spanish definitions completely inaccurate made me believe that this was not truly an autobiographical memoir. But when the author proceeds to state that Puerto Ricans were being deported back the island during this time of his life in the book. That is when I finally said ENOUGH!!! Puerto Ricans are AMERICAN CITIZENS BORN TO A COMMOM WEALTH NATION THAT BELONGS TO THE USA!! Before an author begins to write a "true autobiographical/memoir" get your facts straight! A proud Puerto Rican knows his/her facts! Interesting book to read, but please, take it with a grain of salt, and remember; all that you read is not always true! |
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