Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

48 reviews

piecesofamber's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Mental illness, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia

Minor: Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Outing, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation

warlocksarecool21's review

5.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-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

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this book healed something in me that I didn’t know needed to be healed 😂😭 I laughed and cried so much reading this book. I adore Yami so much, she was such a fun MC. Yami and Bo were so sweet and cute, I really enjoyed their relationship. 

I loved Cesar so much and how he and Yami always had each other’s backs. And the arc about Cesar’s mental health was devastating and I just want to give him a hug 😭😭. The situation with Yami’s parents was heartbreaking but it made me so happy to see their mom come around in the end. The emphasis on love and family despite what they were all taught was really special to me. 

This book deals with heavy subjects but it has the right amount of levity and comic relief. I honestly could not put this down and read it in one sitting.  I’m so glad that there are more books about all kinds of queer experiences now that teens have access to. And to anyone that struggled with their identity or queerphobia in school I think this book is also for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Xenophobia

Moderate: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Outing

Minor: Blood

meheehee's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

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It made me punch my mattress but also smile and blush and gasp, and I loved it so much :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Deportation

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Outing, Toxic friendship

Minor: Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

jessicamdawn's review

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Deportation

tey_lynn's review against another edition

4.5

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: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, Classism, Deportation

elpisgalaxy's review

4.25

emotional reflective tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Outing, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Outing, Alcohol, Classism, Deportation

emily_mh's review against another edition

5.0

emotional 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: No

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I don’t really feel capable of giving a proper, detailed review of this book because I am simply in awe of it. Just know that it is a perfect book about queerness, lesbians pining for each other, a gorgeous sibling relationship, celebrating every part of who you are, complicated families, mental health, the trauma of religious bigotry, being Brown and queer in a majority allocishet white space, forced separation from family, relearning to trust, rebonding with loved ones, simple and massive moments of joy, and ultimately, hope. I loved reading every second of it. 

My favourite quote was: “I can’t make him love himself. The closest I can get is loving myself unapologetically right in front of him.” 

Rep: lesbian Chicana MC, lesbian Chinese-American LI, bisexual Chicano SC, Native American (Navajo) SC, queer Black SC 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Religious bigotry, Alcohol

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Outing, Deportation

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: forced separation from family, disownment, suicidal ideation Minor: loss of a loved one, colourism, one use of the Spanish homophobic m-slur, one use of the lesbophobic d-slur

massivepizzacrust's review

4.5

emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This was delightful and so hopeful. It felt like being hugged by someone you love. I was surprised by how much of the book was left after the resolution of the main conflict but I actually really enjoyed that we just got to spend more time in a happier world. 
This book doesn't shy away from hard topics, and it is hard to read sometimes. Not everything is resolved by the end of the book. But the characters develop better support systems with people who will stand by them no matter what. 
The audiobook read by Karla Serrato is wonderful, highly recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Racism, Xenophobia

Minor: Police brutality, Outing, Deportation

torikate7's review against another edition

5.0

emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Outing, Deportation

Moderate: Cursing, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcohol

bookbirdie09's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional inspiring 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Self harm, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cursing, Outing, Deportation

Minor: Blood, Toxic friendship