Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez

9 reviews

megganly's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent and Murder

shlymiller's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Racism, Gun violence, Murder, Grief, Violence, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Death of parent

enlamont's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Medical trauma, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Death, Murder, Gun violence, Death of parent, Hate crime, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Infertility, Vomit, Miscarriage, Alcohol, and Bullying

amris's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Gun violence, Grief, Death of parent, Classism, Racism, Racial slurs, Ableism, Murder, Medical content, and Hate crime

Moderate: Sexual content

coconutoolong's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

1.5

I enjoyed this novel as a perspective into the life of immigrants who cross the border, often when they have no other option left in their home countries. Where this book lost me was how the daughter's (Mirabel's) disability was written. Her disability was always talked about from her mother's or others' perspectives leading to infantilization, a common occurrence in the disability community. This is understandable as her mother is grieving the child she was before. <small spoiler?> I felt the perspective did shift by the end of the book but it was a long wait to get to a non-infantilized, more accepting view. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Death of parent, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual harassment

georgiarybanks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Death of parent, and Gun violence

melmoony's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

3.5

This story follows a young girl who suffered a tragic and debilitating accident. Her parents would do anything for her, so they move to the US to seek better care and education in hopes of having her return to who she was. Here we meet other Latinx folks in the neighbors, and the book alternates between telling Maribel’s story and the story of how the neighbors came to be in Delaware.

It’s a story about the hardships of being transplanted to a new country, of struggling to make ends meet, of persecution and of being willing to do anything for those you love.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Racism, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Stalking, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, and Gun violence

Minor: Rape, Incest, and Alcoholism

kaneebli's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Hate crime, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit, Rape, and Incest

jenzoospickles's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Medical trauma