Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

13 reviews

kajoreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

3.5

I didn’t really feel the romance. Their crushes on each other came across as part jealousy, part idealization. Their story had potential, but I needed more moments of them actually connecting. Yami pretending to be straight around Bo for most of the book certainly didn’t help.

I did enjoy the book though. I was wholeheartedly rooting for Yami the entire time.

There were some moments that really took me out the book though.. The fortnite dancing?? I wish the editor had put their foot down on that one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Minor: Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Police brutality, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Classism

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: Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Religious bigotry, Outing, and Deportation

Moderate: Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Violence, and Toxic friendship

kelsiepixler's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

Once I started this book, I could not put it down. Devoured it in half a day. The character development was just 🤌🏻💋

When her mom ended up supporting her, I bawled. Hysterically. Full on sobs at 1 in the afternoon

The way the author draws you into the narrator’s life leaves you feeling so connected to the events that happen to her and her family members. Hands down one of the best YA novels I’ve read in a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Deportation

Moderate: Bullying, Misogyny, Sexism, Police brutality, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Abortion, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

onegalonelife27's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring tense 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

Okay I know how ironic it is but, Yamilet Flores is the patron saint of anxious gays!

This story is so wonderful-full of sweet moments where Yamilet gets to enjoy herself and then feels burden by family, ex-friend, and society expectations. You want her to succeed in her goals but also learn to love herself. Through her highs and lows, Yamilet continues to fight on, often with sass, sometimes with action, always with heart.


The only thing that would make me love this book more if there would was more of it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Colonisation and Deportation

cvl_1103's review

emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

First book in a while that I wanted to stay up all night to finish. A love story not just about adorable queer kids navigating their way through catholic school but about a family and how difficult it can be to navigate both.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Racism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Colonisation

queerloras's review

challenging emotional funny inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and Deportation

emily_mh's review against another edition

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

5.0

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, and Alcohol

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

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

erc2020's review

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Colonisation and Classism

cecerosa's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Outing

Moderate: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, Police brutality, Alcohol, Colonisation, Classism, and Deportation

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

4.5

Beautifully heartwarming 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Racism, Self harm, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Hate crime, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, and Colonisation