Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

19 reviews

8675309mp's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Cursing

Moderate: Cancer, Abandonment, Deportation, and Colonisation

Minor: Self harm, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcoholism

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Cursing, Addiction, Racism, Chronic illness, Deportation, Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Classism, Murder, Infidelity, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Cancer, and Suicidal thoughts

annamay1021's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Racism, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Cancer, Deportation, Confinement, Police brutality, and Grief

avery_lehman54's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Moderate: Cancer, Police brutality, and Self harm

Minor: Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Panic attacks/disorders, Deportation, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Infidelity

emmehooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

This book is not for the white allies hoping for a feel good story. This book is about the harsh, painful, racist truth of being undocumented in America and the ways the American  “justice” system tears people and communities apart. 

This book is a mix of deeply personal fears and experiences, narrative reporting, and community building as a radical act of self-preservation and existence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Classism, Deportation, Medical content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Cancer, Chronic illness, Mental illness, and Police brutality

Moderate: Addiction, Grief, War, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Infidelity

solenodon's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Grief, Deportation, Confinement, Colonisation, Medical trauma, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, and Panic attacks/disorders

gialynn521's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

Minor: Grief, Police brutality, and Cursing

sholcomb's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

This book is soooo informative and beautiful. also heartbreakingly sad. this is a must read, especially for people who don’t understand the full extent of the daily hardships immigrants face just to be in America. It’s horrible and heartbreaking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, Chronic illness, and Cursing

sydthereader's review against another edition

informative reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Medical content, and Cancer

Minor: Self harm

ortizzyy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

Using this for my book club and I look forward to the potential discussions. The publisher describes this book as weaving "memoir with reportage, ceative ethnography, and elements of fiction such as magical realism." I couldn't describe the genre(s) any better. I loved the author's voice. I learned a lot and I think she achieved her goal of writing about undocumented immigrants in a way never done before. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Alcoholism and Cancer