Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun by Jonny Garza Villa

37 reviews

kaydawn's review against another edition

5.0

The appropriate amount of whataburger love and in n out hate (in n out is trash). Single POV. Super cute and it is a romance though it’s long distance so not a ton of face to face interactions. A coming out and coming of age story. He does out himself to his friends but not truly on purpose and then he is outed to his dad without his consent. There are some rough parts of his story but overall it was so cute and fun and emotional. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing and Homophobia

Moderate: Child abuse

colorcrystals's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

The only word that even comes close to describing this novel is…beautiful. This was an absolutely stunning, beautiful debut novel filled with joy, pain, and love. There were moments where I cried. There were moments where I literally laughed out loud. There was a moment where I was so happy that I made a weird sound that made my own partner genuinely concerned for my wellbeing and sanity. This was just beautiful. The characters, the story, the writing, all of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Cursing

Minor: Sexual content, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

adrianas65's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Outing, Homophobia, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual content, Abandonment, and Hate crime

pointeshoebookworm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted sad tense 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? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Grief, Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Sexual content

fran_samuels's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring tense 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: Child abuse, Homophobia, and Abandonment

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent and Sexual content

anneoftheshire's review

emotional inspiring 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

Graphic: Child abuse

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

4.0

When I read Ander and Santi Were Here this summer, I was so captivated. This one is not quite as charming and engrossing, but I still loved it. Really fantastic characters, sweet queer romance, heavy themes (see content warnings), happy endings. Can't wait for their upcoming release in 2024, I'm jumping on it immediately when it's released. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia

Moderate: Racism, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Violence, Physical abuse, Alcohol, and Bullying

chandie's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Child abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

shamelesslyash's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

2.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Outing, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent

amandalorianxo's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

3.75

This was written with teenagers in mind to access easily with the language used (felt very Gen Z) But the story was well done (I could have down without the Spanglish- either commit to the Spanish fully or not) The insta love is a trope I’ve seen time and time again - while I feel like HS books / characters experience it more often, it just felt a smidge cringe. Minus that, this is an emotionally charged book at times especially when you encounter the homophobic father & his abuse (verbal and physical towards Jules) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Abandonment