Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

How the García Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez

9 reviews

madzie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Animal death, and Pedophilia

Minor: Emotional abuse, Acephobia/Arophobia, War, and Eating disorder

breathehopebooks's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

2.75

Oof okay so

I remember waaaaaay back in the day—i must’ve been like 11 or 12? My mom made me check this book out and read it. Idk if my mom read this at one point and thought i’d like it, or if it was required summer reading, or if she pick it randomly as “YA book for girl by Hispanic author”. It was probs one of the second two, from what i recall.
ANYWAY. I’m really glad 11 year-old me couldn’t get through this book because THERE’S NO WAY MY MOM ACTUALLY WANTED ME TO READ THIS AT THAT AGE.

I kept thinking of this as a Hispanic “Little Women”, which is to say they are very similar in that it’s a book, told mostly in vingettes with a very loose plot to tie up at the end, about four sisters coming-of-age in a changing country. One of them is a writer called Jo/Yo, one is a flirt, and one becomes very ill for no reason. It’s literally about these four daughters growing up and their parents’ experiences with them in a new society.

But all the sexual content described? Probs not appropriate for an eleven-year-old, Mom.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Body shaming, Bullying, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and War

hedsek's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

2.75

Not for me I guess

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Xenophobia, Mental illness, and Racism

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Animal death, Bullying, Classism, Eating disorder, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Genocide, Incest, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, and Ableism

joensign's review against another edition

hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

Minor: Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Incest, War, and Fatphobia

americattt's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

“At my age, this is what I knew of revenge. What someone kept in a bedside drawer. What color was someone’s underwear. What did someone look like squatting awkwardly on a small chamber pot. Then, when that someone fell upon me with violent discipline, I could undo with a gaze: I know you, I know you.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Eating disorder and Animal cruelty

Minor: War

amvs1111's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Classism, Animal death, Violence, War, Sexism, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Colonisation, Racism, and Adult/minor relationship

magneto's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

Went into this book with zero expectations and no idea about the story structure and this may be one of my fave reads of the year. The unfolding of the family's story, primarily told through the lens of the four daughters, was engrossing. Kept thinking about this book every time I had to put it down, anxious to pick it up again. Enjoyed the backwards timeline, it really added to my engagement with the girls' stories. I'll absolutely be reading more from this author in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder and Sexism

Minor: Bullying, Torture, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Animal cruelty, and Suicide

annabulkowski's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Body shaming, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Pregnancy, War, and Violence

lauconn's review

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Racial slurs, Xenophobia, and Pedophilia

Minor: Animal cruelty and Eating disorder