Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour

28 reviews

republicofben's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

What an incredible, reflective book! This isn't just a romance novel, plus one could argue the romance isn't actually the main focus of Sara and Emilie's stories. This book had a much more serious, sad tone than I expected, particularly early on. Make sure you go into this book looking for this kind of story, but I'm the right mindset it's a great read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Abandonment, and Self harm

Minor: Terminal illness, Car accident, Child abuse, Body horror, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

littki's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Grief, and Rape

Moderate: Cancer, Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Death, Toxic relationship, and Terminal illness

Minor: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Blood, Car accident, Drug use, and Injury/Injury detail

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Murder, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Drug use, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Grief, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

cbrown3333's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.5

I listened to the whole audiobook on a long road trip. It was a page turner. I appreciated that this was a love story about sibling love too. I found the siblings’ relationships very interesting. Even though I was rooting for the couple the whole time, in the end their love story left me feeling unsatisfied.

I thought the racial and class aspects were underdeveloped, especially. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Addiction, and Drug abuse

rayannotates's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, Death, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Pedophilia, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

meg_'s review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

4.5

I really genuinely loved this. As per usual, with most books that I love a whole lot, I have a hard time articulating why. This was beautifully written and reading from these character's perspectives hurt. I felt so connected to Emilie and her family dynamic and her feelings of purposelessness. I also felt so connected to Sarah because her story was so tragically realistic and complicated. I loved these two women and their intertwining stories and the ways in which they grew into themselves and grew into loving one another. I also feel like this book had one of my favorite niche traits, which is soulmate energy. Not overt soulmates, but like these people are so deeply connected from the jump. From the moment their eyes meet or they speak to one another, or they touch and then there is no going back because the world is changed and there is this unexplainable deep connection to this other person. Never explicitly written on the page that they're soulmates, but it has that energy. I love that shit. This was just such a beautiful and painful book and I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Grief

grace_bunty's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

nahae's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

A book that scores the heart. A story of disturbing complex histories, bleeding into who we are in the present. A tender love story & yet it is so much more than that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

caitlynva's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

A wonderful book where two women’s separate stories come together as one over a shared location. Each comes with their own struggles and complex issues that leads you to never take a “side” throughout the book. Beautifully written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Death, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Child abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting

jessereadsthings's review against another edition

5.0

Really enjoyed, but the beginning was a bit much. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide, Infidelity, Rape, and Child abuse