Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Solito by Javier Zamora

10 reviews

mangofraiche's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Xenophobia, and Deportation

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Excrement, Police brutality, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

celticthistle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, and Deportation

alexisgarcia's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

5.0

wow wow wow. i cannot explain my love for this book. this is such a harrowing tale and at some points i forgot it wasn’t fiction. my heart just broke for the people in the story and it got so tense at times i worried for the survival of javier that i forgot i was reading a memoir. i will never forget this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

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

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

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

100_pages_hr's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Excrement, Abandonment, and Deportation

synergetic_diary's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Cursing

Minor: Abandonment

internationalreads's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Cursing, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

christynhoover's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring tense medium-paced

4.5

An astonishing story. I was on the edge of my seat throughout! 

Clearly, the author successfully reaches the US since he is looking back to chronicle it. But it's HOW he ultimately succeeds that is so gripping. DON'T peak ahead as you read each chapter! Just read it one page at a time so you can stay with the author as a nine year old, wondering who to trust, not knowing where today's footsteps will take you. 

 Crossing the Mexican border into the Southwestern US is a vaguely familiar reality/concept to the American public, but this book gives you a GRANULAR experience of immigration at the southern US border. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Deportation