Reviews tagging 'Cultural appropriation'

Mañana, y mañana, y mañana by Gabrielle Zevin

209 reviews

menglert's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I cannot remember who or where recommended this to me but I was not expecting it to be so sad. Maybe it was just a bad time for me to read this but I just ... bleh. It wasn't even like... cathartic sad. It was just sad. 

Definitely check out the content warnings before reading this one because some of them came out of left field. I'm usually a horror/thriller reader, but there were a few scenes that were so jarringly dropped into this story that I got uncomfortable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying, Antisemitism, Abortion, and Cultural appropriation

briebliotheque's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Grief

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide, Medical content, Car accident, and Abandonment

Minor: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, and Injury/Injury detail

sn03's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Vomit, and Car accident

Minor: Cultural appropriation

chaos_and_chapters's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Blood, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Terminal illness, Violence, Antisemitism, and Cultural appropriation

someryarns's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Sexual violence, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Cancer, Racism, Sexism, and Pregnancy

setaggu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Eating disorder, Abortion, and Cultural appropriation

mirandyli's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

Beautifully written.

I hate video games, but I could still relate to this book about video game creators. One of the main characters is Asian, biromantic, autistic, asexual, and disabled and I will protect him with my life. The book makes you suspend disbelief sometimes, but it still tells a beautiful story of love and friendship.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

scifi_rat'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

4.75

Plot: 4★
Prose: 4.5★
Pace: 4★
Concept/Execution: 4★/5★
Characters: 4.75★
Worldbuilding: 5★
Ending: 4.75★

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Cursing, Eating disorder, Genocide, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Blood, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol

jzmnz's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Over hyped. I don't think there was any growth between the main characters and they could easily get in another fight a month later. The gaming elements of the book were fantastic as someone who doesn't really play games much but the book really struggled during the Pioneers chapter for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Car accident, Cultural appropriation, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Gun violence

thebearlinwall's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, and Toxic friendship