Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Paper Names by Susie Luo

4 reviews

vaekay's review against another edition

sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Heavy groomer/borderline pedophilic (maybe not-so-borderline pedophilic) content. Stuck in extremely gross, misogynistic mens' point of views for the majority of the book. Bounces from the POV of a 9 year old Tammy to an adult Tammy having sex with her fiancee then back to a childhood Tammy. Lots of casual racism towards Black and brown people of color as well as other Chinese people. I understand that the internalized Sinophobia/racism is a plot point of the book, but myself and my Chinese partner were very disturbed by it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Body shaming, Classism, Death of parent, Child abuse, Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, Blood, Car accident, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, and Fatphobia

Minor: Gun violence, Deportation, Injury/Injury detail, and Islamophobia

itspeachie's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

ad1t1s's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Minor: Sexual content

amandalorianxo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

3.0

Re-read : Feb ‘24 - I am not as enamored with this book as I was last year. There were some touching moments that reminded me of my own immigrant parents in addition to my relationship with my first generation American feelings vs my relationship with my parents. If this wasn’t so disjointed with the timeline - I think I would have been ok but the way Oliver feels about Tammy was not … sitting right with me. The ending still tore me apart. 




I loved this book so much ! The late 90’s Chinese immigrant experience is told from two POV’s - the father Tony (which he rarely hear from) and his 9 year old daughter Tammy. Oliver is another POV who gets entangled with Tammy later on when she is older. But I was so attached to Tony & Tammy, the ending was quietly powerful.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Death, Abandonment, and Sexual content