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Contacto de Emergencia by Mary H.K. Choi

18 reviews

ankiaisreading's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Racism, and Panic attacks/disorders

siriface's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship

lindcherry's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, and Sexual content

Minor: Infidelity and Drug use

robin_reads's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Rape, Drug use, Abandonment, Racism, and Alcohol

btwnprintedpgs's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Rape, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Drug use and Racism

Minor: Child abuse and Child death

TW: mentions of HP, on-page panic attack, use of the word "spazz" to describe unattractive behaviour, alcoholism, racism, pregnancy scare, rape, jokes about the use of swastikas and images of Juggalos as decor, smoking, underage drinking, drug use (off-page, weed overdose), toxic relationship

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

Overall not a bad book but not one I'd necessarily recommend. The characters were a bit frustrating for almost the whole book, but I liked the ending. I could relate to Penny on a few things. Jude was my favorite character throughout.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Racism, Rape, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

escapismforlife's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, Rape, Alcoholism, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Abortion, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

lesbianfrankiero's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Classism, Pregnancy, and Mental illness

Minor: Abortion, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Drug use, Medical content, and Miscarriage

i would've loved to see more character development tbh, BUT i did love the discussion of mental health, socioeconomic disparity, vulnerability, and the focus on the bond or lack thereof between parent and child that

doesn't result in immediate change or forgiveness

leanjeanreads's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

at the start, it was hard to be hooked to this book.. i kept putting this book off for days and weeks and finally decided to sit down and read it. it was really really cute. before i knew it, i couldn’t put this book down. loved the writing and how unique the characters were. 

reasons for 4 stars.
1. to me the plot was half developed? there were many fleeting moments of other characters. for example, lorr just coming and going. andy popping out randomly and disappearing. it felt like the other characters were really just there to support penny/sam and to me, i thought i was unnecessary. though i got to kind of know sam and penny more, i thought it was rather random to have these “events” happening. 
2. the ending. how can the book end without more romance on sam and penny 😭 they only made out once and it was so short 💔 i wanted more on their dates or how they went with their lives…
3. though the characters had alot of bad past experiences and family problems, i felt like there werent much covered on how they recovered from it together. i wished to see more character development on penny and her mum and sam and his mum. it was like, mary choi wanted to show how messed up sam and penny’s family situation is, leave it there, touch on it a little when they were texting and needing each other, then just going pass it. i felt like more couldve been written about the characters and their family? i thought that penny’s situation with her mum was a little weird and hard to comprehend too :/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

jijireads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This book was so cute! No spoilers but the humor, the development, and the texting was just perfect. You really feel like you know the characters inside out by the end of the book so the ending feels so natural. The character interactions are realistic and relatable. If you enjoy emotional slow burns, it’s a must read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Drug use and Sexual content