Reviews tagging 'Death'

Mika in Real Life by Emiko Jean

4 reviews

nuttykiya's review

funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death of parent, and Death

Child of rape, teen drinking, lying

abbiechron's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

What started off as a surface-level read bloomed into a beautiful story of finding one's way. At times it was painfully predictable, for example,

Mika and Thomas

, but the beautiful youth and growth shown through and allowed for room for my predictions to be flawed in the best ways. Don't skip this read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Cursing, Alcohol, Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Cancer, Bullying, and Death of parent

Minor: Medical content, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Animal death, Terminal illness, Blood, and Toxic relationship

Job loss, immigration

akswhy's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

2.75

Come for the diverse Gilmore Girls vibes, stay for the bestie and the zaddy. The first third is a painful study in self-inflicted problems, but the last 2/3 is a heartfelt and sometimes harsh look at what parenthood should and shouldn’t be. I think  Jean hammers a little too hard when expressing the universality of  Mika’s struggles, but the message is good even when it is heavy-handed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Rape, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Child abuse

kaitlinlovesbooks's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Grief

The main character gives her daughter up for closed adoption when she is 18, and is reunited with her child when her daughter turns 16. This book very briefly touches on the complexity of transracial adoption and the associated trauma, but it is not the focus of the story. Also, the adoptive mother dies before the start of the novel, so there is both a warning for death of a parent and death of a spouse. The novel focuses more deeply on the estranged relationship between the main character and her mother, who is emotionally distant and controlling.