Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Maame by Jessica George

144 reviews

courtneyer's review against another edition

funny hopeful reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Sexual content, and Death of parent

a_alves00's review against another edition

emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

bookishcori's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Sexual content

mel_s_bookshelf'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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content

tina94's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, Racism, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Biphobia

alyssamg8's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Death of parent

siobhanward's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

3.5

 I'm right around Maddie's age, so maybe that's why I found her so frustrating. While she definitely had her own unique challenges, she was her own worst enemy. I was glad to see her grow and change and come into her own, but oh man it took her a while to get there. Her constant Googling obviously did her no favours - I'm mostly just shocked that someone who had grown up with Yahoo Answers is still trying to find answers on internet forums. Like didn't we all learn that is a terrible source for answers.

However, I definitely could sympathize with Maddie at times. Being in your mid-20s is weird. It's a lot to navigate at one time and she had even more going on with her family than most. I kind of wished there had been a bit more focus on her friendships, but overall the book was solid 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

purplepenning's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.25

This is an exceptionally written character-driven book (with a couple of plot-driven gut punches) that captures the current moment in a way that reminds me of Such a Fun Age. For some reason, I didn't realize the depth of the grief and loss that would be explored, so definitely check those content notes. It also explores racism in the workplace and relationships, pressures of first gen immigrants, modern dating, Google as parent/mentor/friend, loneliness, sexual pressure and pleasure for women, found family, mental health, and more. It's all packed into a deceptively simple story about a daughter with an overly developed sense of responsibility and an underdeveloped support system. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Biphobia, Chronic illness, Cursing, Homophobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide

More specifics on the grief and loss:

Maddie's experiences surrounding the death of a parent are a gut punch, including a missed opportunity to say goodbye, the painful conversations surrounding the arrangement of services, and the grieving process afterwards

jesstele's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

kshertz's review against another edition

inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

It took me a minute to get into this book into really understand this family. There is a lot of building up of different events in this person’s life so that you can understand everyone around them and that took me some time. But once I understood her more and her father, I was really interested in where the story would go. I feel like the story is extremely relatable for people trying to get a job right now and take care of themselves and their family at the same time.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Medical content, Dementia, Death of parent, and Abandonment