Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love With the Universe by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

37 reviews

readingwithtemperance's review

emotional 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? Yes

5.0

I want to give Moon the world's biggest hug. She absolutely did not deserve the way her Mother, sister, peers, etc treated her. This book had me FUMING.

I found myself crying out of anger so many times. Everyone was just so cruel to Moon. The abuse and bullying was overwhelming at times. 

It always pisses me off when purity culture is forced onto girls. Telling them they are dirty and impure and should be ashamed of themselves/their bodies. The way it absolutely uprooted Moon's self esteem was heart breaking. 

Her mother is probably one of the worst characters I have ever read about.

I'd like to take a knife to HER and see how SHE likes it. Also I'd of cheated on her too. She makes everyone around her miserable  so i can't fathom being her partner.

Moon and Star both deserved better.

The wrong parent died imo.

Moon's journey to self acceptance was beautiful to watch. It was so nice seeing her self esteem raise and having some time to actually heal.

Her Tia is an absolute blessing. I'm so happy she and Star are with her now.

 

I really hope that Star does better in the future. Personally I'd love to see a sequel where she's the MC redeeming and accepting herself. 

This book had me so hungry! I don't know why I've never thought to put honey on pizza, but I'll be doing that ASAP. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Fatphobia, Bullying, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and Suicide

Minor: Infidelity and Racism

apierlessbridge's review

challenging emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

This book was so hard to get through but ultimately so powerful and beautiful and healing. the catharsis at the end is so perfect. I absolutely adored moon and santiago and the journey they both went on.

star and everyone else (except Tía not so much)

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Child abuse, and Toxic relationship

haylee_reads's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe. I thought it was a beautiful coming of age story about learning to love yourself and self-acceptance. I loved Moon’s narrative voice and thought she was so funny. I really loved watching her learn to accept herself and figure out that she is worth so much more than the boxes her family, and strangers on the internet, put her in. The magical realism that was included was unexpected and I thought it was really interesting to learn about. While I loved the story and message, I thought it was really long for a contemporary YA romance novel and found that it dragged at times. I definitely think it could have been a bit shorter, but I am not complaining too much. I am glad I finally read this one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

snailservice's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

4.25

i really enjoyed this book and found myself often relating to Moon! she was written beautifully and the way the author showed and described thoughts, emotions, and actions was so beautiful. i really had fun with it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Suicide, Emotional abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

caseythereader's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective tense slow-paced

• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Ableism, Child abuse, Cursing, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Fatphobia, and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism and Religious bigotry

cassielaj's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

This book hit me in the heart 💜 Moon’s story is heartbreaking, and her struggles with abuse and grief moved me to tears. But her journey of self-discovery and self-love moved me even more. She is soft and powerful, angry and sweet, broken and healing and so many wonderful and complicated things. The relationship she develops with Santiago is so full of hope, and the relationship she discovers with her self worth is even more so. This book is beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Grief, Suicide, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Body shaming, Religious bigotry, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Ableism, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Really disturbing instances of parental abuse and neglect, body shaming and slut shaming, and religious bigotry

cinnamonroll42's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Fatphobia

drbex's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

meganzahn's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, Fatphobia, and Suicide

mimi_t_l's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny relaxing fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Emotional abuse