Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

338 reviews

rebeccals_3825's review

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Racism, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Emotional abuse and Lesbophobia

morethan1book's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring relaxing 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

Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, and Biphobia

Minor: Deportation, Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, and Outing

misscalije's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.5

The title of this book is kind of lacking. What about it was a guide? Nothing.

Deeply dark first 85% of the book, do not read if you are a queer in crisis. This was too heavy for me in this moment, but I recognize it is pretty good writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Homophobia, and Racism

hannahgarstang's review

Glad I read this, it made me cry and laugh. 

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.

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Content Warnings

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

abby_can_read'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

3.0

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This was cute and emotional. Overall, I enjoyed this book. I shed plenty of tears and there were laughs to be had. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Outing

Minor: Biphobia

ssinforshort's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

I enjoyed this start to finish. 

This was cute, emotional journey, that I didn't want to end. 

Yami is a main character I won't forget. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Racism, and Homophobia

kthconvos's review

challenging emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Biphobia, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, and Outing

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide attempt, and Deportation

filipa_maia's review

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

• 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 had high hopes for this book, but it disappointed me. Don't take me the wrong way: this is a very important book about a very important topic. How many teenagers (and adults) suffer in silence, trying to hyde who they are? When the rejection comes from your own house, what can you expect form everyone else?

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Abandonment, Biphobia, Bullying, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Deportation

Minor: Alcohol and Police brutality

joisaddler's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Mental illness, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Homophobia

fiifarts's review

emotional hopeful fast-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Homophobia

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Bullying