Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

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

29 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

isabelem's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Abortion

sfassler's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Abortion, 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

aploinard's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexism, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Rape and Abortion

theweirdlittlereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

To me, this book was a story of an older sister trying to make sense of the murder of her younger sister. Not necessarily to solve it, but to reclaim her sister's life, her sister's experiences in the last few years of her life. She brilliantly orchestrates the story of her sister's life through her sister's own documents: scribbled notes on metro cards, letters both sent and unsent, asides in lecture notes. As a reader, I felt the excruciating ache of a family grieving, pleading, and begging for answers, the anger at the injustice, and a desire to prevent more violence like Liliana experienced. A breathtaking and heart wrenching memoir from those left in the wake of femicide. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Murder

Minor: Drug use and Abortion

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