Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Solito by Javier Zamora

9 reviews

lisettemarie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring sad tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Deportation, Confinement, and Violence

jacquinotjackie's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia

Moderate: Racism, Violence, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Death and Animal death

ivi_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

3.25

The story is being told from the point of view of 9 year-old Javier who grows up with his grandparents because his parents emigrated to the US early in his life. The author describes the harrowing story of how he immigrated illegally to the US to be united with his parents. 

I felt for the characters and loved to see that Javier found people he could rely on while being at the mercy of coyotes. At the same time I would have preferred to hear this story from adult Javier and his point of view. The coming of age awkwardness and bathroom stories were a little much for me.

If a reader doesn't understand basic Spanish they might not get every situation or nuance as there is quite a bit of untranslated Spanish in this book.

I think it's an important story for anyone to hear to understand how terrible the cirumstances in their home countries must be to decide to get on this journey to the US not knowing if they will survive it.

Thanks to Netgalley and Hogarth for a copy of this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Excrement, Medical content, Racial slurs, Blood, Gun violence, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Xenophobia, Abandonment, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Bullying

tiffanymmf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Violence

isleofwoman's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Police brutality

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

ladypolf's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Deportation

Moderate: Xenophobia, Vomit, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, and Confinement

Minor: Excrement, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and War

rayannotates's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Violence, Racism, Dysphoria, Deportation, Vomit, and Confinement

kshertz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I can’t say enough good things about this book. This story is so raw and true. The journey is so brutal for such a small child. The trauma and the pain is felt on the page. This author puts it all out there and I am grateful. It allows me to share with my students what kids their age are going through and continue to go through. For some of them, they can also feel less alone reading this book. I want every teen to know this authors name and story so they can be a generation that doesn’t allow for false rhetoric to persist around those coming across fake borders. Amazing book. Have everyone you know read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Racism, Body horror, Cultural appropriation, Confinement, Abandonment, Blood, Deportation, Trafficking, and Police brutality