Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero

5 reviews

hellosharo's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Deportation, Alcoholism, and Self harm

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.

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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

mondovertigo's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Xenophobia

Minor: Bullying and Toxic relationship

tayahmarie's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I thought this was an eye-opening, phenomenal memoir. Guerrero is the epitome of strength, resilience, and perseverance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Suicide attempt, and Racism

aargot1's review

challenging reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia and Abandonment

Moderate: Confinement

Family separation, incarceration