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kt_schutte's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.25
Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Trafficking, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Blood, Deportation, Drug abuse, Grief, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship
janetsuzanne's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Drug use, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism
srod910's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Death of parent, Deportation, Physical abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Sexual assault and Gaslighting
Minor: War
readingspells'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? It's complicated
3.75
I will admit that about a couple of hours into the audio once we switched away from Cuba to present day Miami I found myself struggling to relate the beginning of the story of where we were now. It is a big jump and I was very involved in the early Cuba story and this was a bit jarring but I am really glad I stuck with it and just trust in the author to fill in the missing pieces
This book is about women and I loved that whilst there are male characters in the book none of them are given a voice. All of it told and centres the women's stories in them. However as it is about women it is also about male violence, impossible or complicated choices, identity, Motherhood and grief.
It is also very much about immigration and who no two immigrants experiences are the same and how even within immigrant communities hierarchies form round immigrants who are viewed as 'lesser' in some way.
The book is a little disjointed in places and I wish we had more of Cecily's story and even her Mother as well as maybe more of Carmen. They felt incomplete but maybe that is the history of women and so is fitting in some way
The ending is both devastating and hopeful and whilst some of the flips from past to present and the various women is a little jarring at times overall I really enjoyed this one.
Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse
zina_jo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
4.0
Moderate: Sexual violence and Domestic abuse
michelle_my_belle's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Misogyny, Blood, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Racism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Sexual violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Cancer, Child abuse, Colonisation, Animal death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Deportation, Grief, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: War
catherinew's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Moderate: Cancer, Colonisation, Sexual assault, Addiction, Child abuse, Grief, Incest, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, and Child death
hannahglenn's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Xenophobia, War, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Racism
reads2cope's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Deportation, Sexual violence, Sexism, Sexual assault, Incest, Drug abuse, Murder, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Infidelity, Rape, Grief, Xenophobia, and Addiction
lovealwaysadi's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Addiction, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, and Drug abuse