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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
trademark's review
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Toxic friendship, Deportation, and Outing
morethan1book'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
5.0
Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, and Biphobia
Minor: Deportation, Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, and Outing
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
kthconvos'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
5.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Biphobia, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, and Outing
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide attempt, and Deportation
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
naisdayz'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? Yes
5.0
It took me a bit to get into the book, but once I did, I devoured it.
Since the book tries to do a lot, it obviously doesn't cut very deep on all topics - but I think it's a great base for doing further research or reading other books about related issues. Therefore, I don't necessarily view it as a weakness.
I loved Yami as a character and a narrator. I often found myself smiling or even laughing at her sarcastic remarks. I really wanted to give her a hug.
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Racism, Cursing, Religious bigotry, and Homophobia
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Deportation, Classism, and Toxic friendship
empirerecords1995'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, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Deportation, and Blood
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