Reviews tagging 'War'

Solito by Javier Zamora

7 reviews

decime_gaby_611's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Una verdadera joya escondida, solito es un libro escrito en ingles, con una traducción al español tan hermosa, que cualquier latinoamericano puede identificarse con facilidad, que realidad tan dura y la narrativa desde los ojos de un  niño de 9 años lo hace dinamicoby muy interesante!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racism, Blood, Police brutality, Abandonment, Classism, and Deportation

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Blood, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Racism, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, and War

degger74's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Police brutality, and Deportation

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racism, and Abandonment

Minor: War

stacylaughs's review

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Deportation

Minor: Violence and War

princessdana36's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

This one of the very best books I have ever read. Although it was almost 400 pages, it only took me a few days to read. I couldn’t put it down. Usually I read fiction, but sometimes people’s lives read better than fiction. I am so so glad I took the time to read this book. It was life changing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Racism, Excrement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

Minor: War

aduran037's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Deportation

Minor: War

ladypolf's review

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Deportation

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Xenophobia, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical trauma, War, and Injury/Injury detail

simplythegirl's review

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

If you'd like an authentic story about an immigrant's journey crossing the border than this book is it! There are similar books out there that are all just trauma p*rn but Javier Zamora really encompasses the beauty along with the hardship that he endured on his journey. His perspective of a kid also makes the whole thing very heartwrenching cute  heartwarming and scary at the same time. There was a sense of community and a sense of loss but also victory when he reaches the USA. It's such a touching and sweet story but also very nerve-wracking and scary because of the stakes. I absolutely loved this book. This is super relatable in terms of culture for me even though I never went through what the author did the culture is what we share so that was really fun. There's also some sweet and light humor that flows pretty nicely. The book definitely explores the importance of family and what it means to be a family.  If you are not a spanish speaker I would definitely keep a piece of paper and make a key for the spanish words because they come up a lot. I'm a Spanish speaker so it wasn't something I dealt with but others may. It definitely is worth a read.

there is some cursing, violence, guns, blood, vomit, other bodily fluids, and abuse so read with caution.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Racism, Vomit, War, and Deportation

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, and Death