Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice by Cristina Rivera Garza

18 reviews

vlawsreads's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, and Murder

brittlove501's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Grief, and Murder

lllem00n's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Rape and Suicidal thoughts

camrynsbookshelf's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, and Murder

loryyyy's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Sexism, Sexual assault, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Abortion

hmetwade's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal cruelty, Infidelity, and Abortion

znvisser's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

Oof, this was a beautifully written, touching and loving portrait of Liliana. At first, it felt very weird to dive into her personal notes and letters, but I understand the authors choice to do this and eventually I did feel it was handled with care. Liliana had such immense emotional intelligence at such a young age, I was impressed by how she made sense of the world around her and her relationships. She left such a mark on the people in her life, even if some of them didn’t deserve her. Christina Rivera Garza brought her sister back alive through these pages and above anything that is just heartbreaking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy

claraarianne's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

bashsbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

Liliana's Invincible Summer is as captivating as it is heartbreaking. When the Mexican justice system fails to produce the file pertaining to Liliana's murder - let alone bring her killer to justice - Rivera Garza uncovers her long-dead sister's voice through letters, notes, journals, and testimonies of friends and family. The two sisters' voices become braided together in the process, speaking in a complicated tangle of love and grief. I constantly thought of my own sister, who is barely older than Liliana was, while I read this, and several times, I had to stop to cry. It's a haunting account of how intimate partner violence escalates, and how the signs are often missed by a society misogynistic and desperate to blame the victim. It surpasses Rivera Garza's goal, which was to recreate the missing file, by far - the detail and care put into this book is beyond what a coldly professional report could muster, of that I'm certain. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, and Abortion

Minor: Cursing, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Excrement, and Toxic friendship

-Death of sibling -Implications of necrophilia

mamaofperfectpayton's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, and Murder