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nia_readsalot's review
- 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
Moderate: Homophobia, Biphobia, Bullying, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Lesbophobia, and Deportation
Minor: Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, and Toxic friendship
megbert581's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Homophobia
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Bullying
Minor: Domestic abuse and Abandonment
r34d3r's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Biphobia, Deportation, Hate crime, Outing, Self harm, Bullying, and Homophobia
hannahgarstang's review
I really loved the discourse around coming out and how it should always be on your own terms and that we don't owe other people that info.
I also thought the conversations around cultural identity were handled really well.
This book touched on so many difficult issues around race, sexuality and mental health. It did this while also being funny and even quite fluffy at times. I wish I'd been able to read something like this as a young adult/teen.
Graphic: Mental illness, Outing, Deportation, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, and Racism
Moderate: Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, and Bullying
Minor: Toxic friendship, Violence, and Death
mairi99's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Outing
Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
francijo's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
filipa_maia's review
- 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
2.0
I felt sorry for Yammi many times throughout this book: trying to be straight, feeling the catholic guilt... The part where she starts saving money waiting to be kicked out of her house broke my heart.
Now let's get to the negative points: this is the slowest of slow paced if I've ever read - we spend half the book just getting to know Yammi and then everything is rushed towards the end; the lack of communications between that family just was a deal breaker for me; her mother constantly showing love and affection towards Cesar and never Yammi; the mother being a complete homophobic and then, by the end, everything is reversed; the father (I don't need to say more); the way things turn out to be at the end... was just 'meh'...
Anyway, maybe this book was written for a different target audience, maybe I'm just not the right age. Despite all this, I think this book can help someone.
Graphic: Racism, Abandonment, Biphobia, Bullying, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Deportation
Minor: Alcohol and Police brutality
fiifarts's review
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Racism and Homophobia
Moderate: Suicide attempt and Bullying
mamacalidad's review
- 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
Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, and Deportation
Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, and Classism
charliesshit's review
- 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
You know in Mulan when they all sing “I’ll make a man out of you” and in the end they’re all happy and great and then they walk into the burning village where everyone’s dead? Yeah you will get that feeling with this one (it’s great!)
Graphic: Homophobia and Police brutality
Moderate: Racism and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Bullying