Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun by Jonny Garza Villa

24 reviews

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

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

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

evelynyle_88's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, and Sexual content

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Death of parent

cecireads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Alcohol, Outing, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

selysrivera's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

I know the dedication to this book is to queer brown boys, but this book meant a lot to this queer Latinx girl. I didn’t have books with diverse characters Jk terms of ethnicity and sexuality growing up.

This book has trigger warnings. Don’t get me wrong. But these are all serious realities that still exist in the ultra conservative Latinx world. 

I was impressed with how the book covers nuances related to religion and language. It’s also sex positive, and portrays a healthy romantic relationship along issues of friendship and growing up. 

I’m in love with Jules and Mat. I want to hang out with their friends. And I cannot tell you the amount of times my stomach growled at the different descriptions of food, whether it was Mexican or Vietnamese or American. 

My heart swelled with affection and my eyes watered as I read the sweetest of scenes, the saddest of scenes. I gasped in shock when certain characters acted the way they did. And the only reason I ended the book unsatisfied wasn’t because the ending happened too quickly for me. I wasn’t ready to leave. 

If you can handle the triggers, read this book. You won’t regret it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Homophobia

Moderate: Sexual content and Religious bigotry

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

auteaandtales's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Sexual content