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mysterymom40's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Moderate: Bullying, Alcohol, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Death of parent
Minor: Homophobia, Vomit, Gun violence, Classism, Abortion, Slavery, and Colonisation
kirstenf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Pregnancy
Minor: Colonisation, Sexual content, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Grief, Death, Abortion, and Alcohol
srhi96's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Racism
Minor: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Vomit, Death, Homophobia, Abortion, Bullying, Sexual content, Alcohol, Cursing, and Grief
strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Murder, Gun violence, Death of parent, Violence, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Grief, Sexual content, and Infidelity
Minor: Abortion
thewoodlandbookshelf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Racism, Classism, Sexual content, and Child death
amykuc's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Emoni Santiago is balancing a job, a daughter, and her senior year of high school. This year the school is offering some special elective classes, and one of them is a culinary class-Emoni's passion. The highlight of this class is a week-long educational trip to Spain. Emoni meets a new classmate, Mateo, who is adding a new thing to balance. She wants so badly to give her daughter a different life than she has and also has huge trust issues, stemming back to her father who left her with her abuela while he returned to the Dominican Republic after her mother's death during childbirth.
It was so easy to be inside Emoni's brain as she tries to figure out what she wants for her life instead of what others want for her. Watching the journey from her distrust of men to the realizations she has come to by the end are so hopeful.
The characters in this book are seniors in high school. Be aware that language and sexual content is appropriate for high school students.
Graphic: Abandonment and Cursing
Minor: Sexual content
nrogers_1030's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Minor: Sexual content
milenasbooknook's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Cursing and Sexual content
Minor: Abandonment, Abortion, Alcohol, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Child death
jourdanicus's review against another edition
- 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
Minor: Death of parent, Gun violence, and Sexual content
morganperks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Sexism
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Abortion, Racism, Sexual content, Gun violence, and Grief