Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez

34 reviews

rexpostfacto's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Racism, Xenophobia, and Abandonment

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Alcohol, and Drug abuse

berrypatch's review

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective tense 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? Yes

5.0

This book was absolutely incredible. Underscored by events in Puerto Rico and the deep sociological tension between a neglectful and manipulate mother and her pining children, Olga Dies Dreaming gives an impactful and informative insight into the impact of community, corruption of power, and pull between expectations and personal fulfillment. I cried many times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Addiction

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Outing, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Abortion, Rape, and Infertility

aninha18's review

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual assault

haleyshort's review

adventurous challenging emotional informative 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

4.5

I listened to this book, the first audiobook I’ve completed since my Harry Potter days. It was such a wonderful experience, I can’t recommend it enough. It was wonderfully produced and voice acted. 

The story itself was stellar. I can’t remember the last contemporary fiction book I’ve read with as much depth and humanity. Every character is flawed and beautiful and complete, with so much growth and vulnerability. I so appreciated the multifaceted political perspective, which has such a difficult balance to strike. I feel so grateful to have been lost in this story for the past week, Olga’s life and challenges and growth shortening my commutes and forcing me to consider the deeper impacts of the pain of colonization and imperialism. Of course I am drawing parallels to the colonial genocide that is happening as we speak, and taking inspiration from the very flawed but incredibly honorable revolutionaries that live through this story. Pallante.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Abandonment, Xenophobia, Homophobia, and Suicide

Moderate: Rape

teatunesandtales's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Moderate: Homophobia, War, Death of parent, Classism, Colonisation, Racism, Xenophobia, Outing, and Infidelity

Minor: Abortion, Drug use, Rape, Pandemic/Epidemic, Terminal illness, and Addiction

crabbytaco's review

emotional informative 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, and Colonisation

Moderate: Rape, Homophobia, and Sexual violence

Minor: Addiction and Drug abuse

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Abandonment, Addiction, Xenophobia, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence, Homophobia, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Rape, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Minor: Abortion, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Grief, Genocide, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, and Eating disorder

salemander's review

5.0

wowowow this shit made my fuckin heart hurt!!! love revolution but absolutely fuck anyone who thinks that hurting the people you love is the way to get it. a beautiful combination of community and culture and fighting for justice, this book was so inspiring and genuinely heartfelt. while there were some things that took me out of it the only thing that genuinely made me mad is that Dick doesn’t get murdered and his fucking dick cut off, which is the absolute bare minimum that fucker deserves. <3 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Addiction, Death, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Rape, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Suicide, Xenophobia, and Racism

vickyhhh's review

challenging emotional 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

4.5

Really interesting to learn about Puerto Rico, and the range of characters. Some were a bit one dimensional, mostly the white ones

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Colonisation

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Abortion and Rape

dom_madz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation

Minor: Rape, Violence, and Xenophobia