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kthyha3's review
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Self harm and Suicide
Moderate: Mental illness, Deportation, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Addiction
hellosharo's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Deportation, Alcoholism, and Self harm
aimnorth's review
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
The author has a beautiful way of telling a tense and emotional story with a unique and funny voice. It is frequently sad but also hopeful and overall it's just informative and realistic.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Deportation
Moderate: Alcohol, Mental illness, and Addiction
The story is about a young girl whose parents are deported and then she often struggles with addiction and dark thoughts through her adult life.maggies's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
2.0
An important story, to be sure, but written in much too conversational a tone for my liking. The content was at least high school level, given the wide array of traumas explored, but the style was more like second grade, and it was a turn off for me. Also, perhaps because the book was initially published in 2016, the ideas/solutions presented in the call to action in the last two-ish chapters were less than revolutionary. I definitely felt for Diane and her family and families like hers, just couldn't get on board with the delivery.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug use
n0th4nks's review
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts
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