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Você tem a vida inteira by Lucas Rocha

19 reviews

growing_haru's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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kirsten_marie's review against another edition

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3.75

I enjoyed this book a lot actually, and I felt like I got a tiny insight into what it is like dealing with having HIV in your life in one way or another. This was truly heartfelt and feel-good. I could have done with a little bit more of the romance though, but that's just me. The plot was also pretty predictable more often than not, but it didn't bother me that much.

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xenvirtue's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted slow-paced

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

4.0

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yadira315's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective

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

I usually only like to dual POV for romance novels, but I really appreciated it in the story as we get to see each character’s perspective for their individual journey and transition as they grow. What a heartbreaking yet fulfilling story. I love each of the characters and was rooting for them. This is such an important read, as I learned so much about HIV. This book also provides a voice for so many that are stigmatized. I highly recommend everyone check this book out !

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abbie_'s review against another edition

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emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.25

I loved this one! I don’t read a lot of YA, but this one is definitely on the upper age range of YA and the characters are great! Plus it tackles a super important topic - living with HIV in Brazil. We follow three characters, Henrique, Ian and Victor, all at differing stages in life. Henrique has been living with HIV for three years, Ian has just been diagnosed, and Victor has just been tested but received negative results. Their lives all intertwine, and I just loved the found family aspect of this book.

They are young, so they do make mistakes and say stupid things but that just makes the development even better! Where We Go From Here does a great job of balancing the idea that there is still a lot of intolerance and prejudice surrounding HIV positive people with a more hopeful tone. The boys mostly all have excellent support systems, through their friends even if their family are not supportive. Despite the subject matter, it’s got humour and heart while not making light of the seriousness.

It’s not an ownvoices novel, but the author did lots of research and includes so many resources in the author note. I obviously can’t attest to the veracity (not being a gay man, HIV positive, or Brazilian), but I definitely loved it.

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zlad13's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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careinthelibrary's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative 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? It's complicated

3.5

This was good! A fast-paced coming-of-age story with three unique and compelling perspectives.
I learned a lot about the modern diagnosis and treatment process of HIV/AIDS as well as the Brazilian cultural significance of queerness and HIV/AIDS.
This was an audiobook read for me and I enjoyed all the narrators and it helped me differentiate the different povs which can otherwise be a challenge in audio form.
I recommend this to fans of queer YA coming-of-age novels like Ziggy Stardust and Me and This is Kind of an Awkward Love Story.

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