Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez

6 reviews

twodoorcinemaclub's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

4 cuz i wish it had more focus on my pookie pie fifi. i love character focus and i love non linear story telling

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Incest, Mental illness, and War

teetea's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

0.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

arisol's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

The writing alongside the reverse storyline are a beautiful touch to unpacking what feels like a very different story from Julia Alvarez's other books. While I will say that the enjoyment and likeability of the parents and other "adult" figures is dampened by the racist and classist ways of interacting with the support staff in DR, I understand the importance of expressing this dynamic, especially related to the experience of migration.

Having read this first novel after others which came later (In the Time of Butterflies; Afterlife), I can see the way Alvarez's writing style and character developments changed over time. And I see clearly why Alvarez had such a literary impact on many authors that came afterwards.

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Sexual content, and Police brutality

joensign's review against another edition

hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and War

14awhalen's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

izzyf16's review against another edition

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment