Reviews tagging 'Deportation'

Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

7 reviews

bookcaptivated's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Racism, and Deportation

Moderate: Torture and Violence

carolined314's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

A spec fic meditation on growing up, loss, love, ICE, illegal detainment, racism, and more. With dancing cacti.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Death of parent

Moderate: Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Death, Confinement, and Torture

Minor: Physical abuse, Deportation, and Police brutality

bellabooks0423's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful fast-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: Grief, Racism, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Deportation, Hate crime, Child abuse, Sexual content, and Death of parent

booksandmarvel's review against another edition

emotional

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Death of parent, and Gun violence

theknm's review

inspiring tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Deportation, Racial slurs, and Hate crime

shlymiller's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual violence, Racism, and Child abuse

nitya's review

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Read for MLIS elective

RTC

Content warning: racism, sexism, police brutality, death of parent (ignore the twist), human torture and experimentation, attempted sexual assault, child abuse, murder, bullying, deportation, Harry Potter and Buffy references, (brief) sexual content, grief as a theme

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Racism, Police brutality, Colonisation, Sexism, Bullying, and Deportation

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, and Sexual assault