Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

51 reviews

emily_mcd's review

Go to review page

emotional funny fast-paced
  • 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? No

3.25

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

gracepizza40's review

Go to review page

emotional funny hopeful informative 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? Yes

4.75

This book is perfect. I highly recommend it. The character's voice is so likable and well-established. The only main thing that kept me from rating in 5 stars was the pacing in some parts of the second half.
Expand filter menu Content Warnings

queershark's review

Go to review page

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? Yes

4.75

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

madamenovelist's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad 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

5.0

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

bea_g_i's review

Go to review page

emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

beaky's review

Go to review page

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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

5.0

this book is beautiful. I would recommend it to every queer kid (especially those who struggle with mental health). it's funny and heartbreaking and oh so sweet. Yami is such a reina and I love her. the side characters are fab too and the plot moves quickly in just the right way.  TLGTCS is so deep and yet keeps it light and funny. PLEASE READ IT
Expand filter menu Content Warnings

fareehareads's review against another edition

Go to review page

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective tense 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

5.0

Wowowow I loved this book so much. Yamilet & Ceasar have my whole heart !! This book gets so vulnerable and so real at times that i had to put it down (take off my headphones) and walk away several times. But I always got right back into it. The few things I can note here:
I felt all of the feelings as we learned about Yamilet's struggles, her determination to be self sufficient, her fears as she tries to hide her identitiy, her worries over her parents and her slowly opening up to new possibilities where she's not just surviving but actually living her life authentically. I loved all of the side characters soo much. The sibling dynamic was adorable & I was rooting for both of them all throughout
when Yami found out her brother was gay I quite literally gasped aloud. Gay siblings are always so fun
I just love this book so so much. While there is a sweet story & an even sweeter ending, its all based in their reality & struggles which just made the whole experience so special. This books touches on religious guilt, internalized homophobia, fears of not being accepted by parents, constant internal doubt & even thoughts of suicide. I dont know how a younger me would have felt reading this book, but I'd like to think it would have given her some more permission to at least explore & not feel so guilty all the time.

 Agh it was just so good I cant form full complete thoughts about it just PLEASE PICK IT UP NOW.
Expand filter menu Content Warnings

levitatingnumeral's review

Go to review page

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

4.75

The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School manages to touch on some really tough topics with grace and seriousness while being a light and pleasant read.
It’s truly lovely, I didn’t want to put it down and the characters are so well fleshed out. 
Expand filter menu Content Warnings

tinyjude's review

Go to review page

emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

One of my absolute highlights of this book was the relationship between Yamiret and Cesar. I love sibling relationships in books where they support each other.

Although some topics are triggering and hard to read, the book is so easy to follow and the lovable characters make the pain melt away a little. Bo is the absolute cutest and I love how much of a lesbian disaster both girls were, it was cute and lighthearted. It hurt to see Yamiret hide so much of herself, but I understand and I wish I had the courage Bo showed here when I was in my catholic school. As well as I understand the struggle to think about ways of earning money in case you get kicked out of home when you show yourself. Also Jamal and Cesar :( babies, I hope the best for them because they also seemed so cute.

It's always the art teacher or the English teacher and we love it audjsjs

The book also deals with topics such as cultural identity, police brutality (*cough* acab) and immigration/intolerance towards immigrants, sexuality, putting boundaries in relation with your adopted white family as a person of colour dettached from your culture and your people, mental health issues, homophobia, mentions of colonialism, racist encounters, colourism, stereotypes about latine people, especially women. 

I think the author did a fantastic job, and definitely all the tears I shed on the last chapters at 3 am are proof of that. But most of all, what filled my heart with joy and broke me was Yamiret and Cesar's mom. I love her.
Expand filter menu Content Warnings

warlocksarecool21's review

Go to review page

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

5.0

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. 
Expand filter menu Content Warnings