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Contacto de Emergencia by Mary H.K. Choi

18 reviews

lenavejar's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense 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: Rape and Alcohol

Minor: Blood, Drug use, Pregnancy, and Racism

giannaroberts's review against another edition

funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Alcoholism

Minor: Drug use

essie__reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Abandonment, Bullying, Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Racism, and Toxic relationship

norbliste's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Racism, Drug use, and Miscarriage

thenovelbookshelf's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.25

I don't know if it was being in a hard lockdown (#4 in Melbourne) or the characters or the story, but I felt like I couldn't get close to the characters in the story. I felt Sam and Penny were just in the wrong time for each other, Penny being more mature, and Sam just floating not know where he is going in life. 

  

And then there's the superficial secondary characters that just seem so overdone, Celeste with her 40 turning 20 attitude, Jude with her crush on her non-biological uncle that's not her uncle, and Mallory with her snobby wannabe upper attitude. I felt there was more drama and story with these characters than that of Sam and Penny. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

yvonne_cl's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-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

Graphic: Sexual assault and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abortion, Cancer, Car accident, Drug abuse, and Drug use

internationalreads's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Drug use, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Racism, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

allzen_nochill's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

You ever start a book from the library and after getting sucked in by the first few chapters you go "man, I'm DEFINITELY buying this"? Emergency Contact is one of those books for me. Sam and Penny just folded me into their world so easily. I love a complicated, defensive female protagonist and Penny delivered in spades. Were there threads that could have been woven together a little tighter? Absolutely. But trust me, I won't remember that, I'll just remember that I motored through this book in two days and it made me take longer than usual lunch breaks because I didn't want to put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcoholism and Drug use