Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour

38 reviews

mlovesbooks's review against another edition

Not sure this is my thing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia and Rape

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

khaleesimod93's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Reading the blurb and looking at the cover, I expected a romance. It ended up being so much more and not all in a good way. The story had no purpose. It meandered and wandered. It's kind of like when you are daydreaming. It wasn't bad, just not at all expected. There were a lot of dark themes throughout the book that weren't at all mentioned anywhere. And I really wish they would have. It's a mix of so many different genres, but it works for the story. I liked both characters separately. Them together didn't mesh well for me at least. I wish, instead of writing about both characters, the author would have chosen just one. Sara was a real inspiration. Her hurt. Her past. And all her trauma. She eventually learned to heal from it. I'm not sure what the point of Emilie's story is, but I did love her figuring out what she wanted out of her life. I felt there were things unfinished when I got to the end. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Drug use, and Death

ecn's review against another edition

Too much abuse (and so many types)  way too early on

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Outing, Homophobia, Grief, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, and Rape

risemini's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Pedophilia, Homophobia, Child death, Death of parent, Rape, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Death, Grief, and Sexual content

andreadelo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.75

Simple yet reflective. I picked this up expecting mainly a romance but found two stories about the difficulties of finding oneself. I liked the bittersweet moral but sometimes the book felt a bit too on the nose with its metaphors, sometimes explaining  instead of describing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Trafficking, Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual violence

Minor: Child death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

greenland's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Pedophilia and Rape

gruizco23's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

I flew through this book! It gripped me from the first page. With that said, I felt some of the relationships were underdeveloped, especially Sara's and Emilie's. For that, and the occasional cringy line, I can't give 5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Homophobia

raphynette's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Rape, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Death of parent, and Sexual content