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thehomiemona's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Cursing, Grief, Drug use, and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Colonisation
Minor: Alcohol
robinks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Racism, Cursing, Confinement, and Deportation
Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, Alcohol, Drug use, and Police brutality
Minor: Kidnapping, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Vomit, and Violence
imstephtacular's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Colonisation, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Classism, Grief, Cursing, Deportation, Alcohol, and Sexual content
Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Transphobia, Abandonment, Cultural appropriation, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, and Violence
michelle_my_belle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Deportation, Drug use, Alcohol, Confinement, Cursing, Grief, Death of parent, and Sexual content
carolined314's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Deportation
Moderate: Classism, Sexual content, Death, Alcohol, and Death of parent
Minor: Cultural appropriation and Confinement
the_readingraven's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Ander & Santi Were Here is an absolute gift! As a Latina, from a huge loving funny Mexican family, it was a comforting feeling to read a book that reminds me so much of my family. This book is proudly Chicané & it made me feel so proud reading it. This book captures Latiné culture so well, down to our humor, food, and support that we provide to our community.
Ander & Santi Were Here carries so much representation! Not only is this an LGBTQ+ romance, our main character, Ander, is proudly non-binary! & the best part is that their family & friends are so supportive. I love books where a character is trans/non-binary & it is not even an issue! It’s so damn refreshing & it made me enjoy this book so much more. Majority of our cast are BIPOC individuals as well!
In regard to the actual story, we see our two MC’s have an instant attraction to one another but their relationship grows into a friendship with a “will they won’t they” vibe. A relationship finally grows but is constantly afraid of being ripped away since one of our MC’s, Santiago aka Santi, is an undocumented immigrant from Mexico. Reading about this blossoming love story was very hard at times. I would get super cheesy and happy for the two but the dawning thought of them being forcibly separated by ICE would leave a pit in my stomach.
The end of this story is the only “negative” part for me, if I can even say that. It ends in a HEA way but it was a bit too predictable for me. I wish there would have been some time or pause between the characters to build the need for one another but then again I would be pissed if the story didn’t end in HEA either. 😅 I also think if the book were a dual POV, we would get to know the character Santi at a deeper level, he has the most risk throughout the book so it would have been nice to see things through his lens.
Overall, this book was amazing & I will definitely be picking up a physics copy for myself!
Minor: Drug use, Alcohol, Racism, Deportation, and Cursing
caseythereader's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
- Oh, my heart, this book. ANDER AND SANTI WERE HERE is truly something special. I loved everything about it. The openly welcomed queerness, the love for San Antonio, the grappling with unfair and scary situations.
- Ander and Santi are incredible characters, both still finding the softness and joy in life amid brutality.
- This book also toes the line between YA and NA with some borderline spicy scenes, and I appreciate a book for young people that doesn't shy away from that aspect of life, like teenagers don't experience it.
- I feel like I can't put the beauty of this book into words. It's really a must read if you like YA, queer lit, Latine lit, or any combination of those.
Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol, Cursing, Death of parent, Deportation, Drug use, and Grief
Moderate: Racism and Xenophobia