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ohmygoshtosh's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Alcohol, Child death, Sexual content, Death, Drug abuse, Addiction, Grief, Death of parent, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Medical content, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness
Minor: Racism, Alcoholism, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence
care4coffee's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Child death
Moderate: Drug abuse and Sexual violence
Minor: Racism
fatimaarif's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Drug use, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Pedophilia and Racism
Minor: Homophobia
merylas's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Drug use, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Death, Abandonment, Death of parent, Drug use, and Addiction
Minor: Racism
bencaroline's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Blood, Child death, Grief, and Alcohol
Minor: Sexual assault, Cancer, War, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Racism, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Homophobia
lynxpardinus's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Death of parent, Mental illness, Addiction, Child death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia
Moderate: Sexual content, Trafficking, Vomit, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, and Racism
Minor: Violence, Confinement, and War
talonsontypewriters's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.25
I’ve enjoyed Nina LaCour’s writing for some time now, but admittedly I haven’t kept up much with her recent works, so hearing about Yerba Buena was an exciting surprise. Following her shift from young adult to adult writing feels oddly fitting and personal—I first read one of her novels as a young teenager, maybe even a pre-teen, and now I too am, at least legally, an adult. Unfortunately, though Yerba Buena is poignant and beautiful, it didn’t quite live up to my expectations.
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, Child death, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Addiction, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Alcohol
Minor: Blood, Racism, and Homophobia
Non-graphic overdose from a non-perspective character. Mild descriptions of corpses. Caretaking of a terminally ill relative, including hospice care and other depictions of end-stage illness and process thereof. Past relationship between professor and former student. Pedophilia/CSA (coercion of minors to have sex with an adult) is not shown but is unambiguously discussed.