Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Solito by Javier Zamora

5 reviews

stellahadz's review against another edition

inspiring sad slow-paced

4.5

This is one of the best-written, most powerful memoirs I've ever read. Zamora shares the painful details of what he endured on his journey along with his "second family," the core group of people he traveled with, but he also talks about the jokes they told, the nicknames they called each other, and the food they enjoyed together. This makes the story feel even realer and adds an extra emotional punch to the sad parts; when he talks about wanting to cuddle with his parents, feels shy about changing clothes in front of people, or reminisces about his favorite cartoons, it's a sobering reminder that he's just a kid, and already he's going through things that most people will never have to. The beginning of the story had me completely hooked; I absolutely loved hearing how he spoke about his grandparents and his aunt, the relatives he grew up with in El Salvador. I listened to the audiobook version, which I highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Excrement, Body shaming, Classism, Domestic abuse, and Vomit

rachelfayreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Abandonment, Deportation, and Xenophobia

princessdana36's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

This one of the very best books I have ever read. Although it was almost 400 pages, it only took me a few days to read. I couldn’t put it down. Usually I read fiction, but sometimes people’s lives read better than fiction. I am so so glad I took the time to read this book. It was life changing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Animal death, Classism, Deportation, Excrement, and Grief

Minor: War

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

5.0

wow wow wow. i cannot explain my love for this book. this is such a harrowing tale and at some points i forgot it wasn’t fiction. my heart just broke for the people in the story and it got so tense at times i worried for the survival of javier that i forgot i was reading a memoir. i will never forget this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Violence, Classism, Death, Deportation, Cursing, Excrement, Grief, Vomit, and Blood

internationalreads's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Cursing, Gun violence, Animal death, Deportation, Excrement, Grief, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Classism, and Vomit