Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez

100 reviews

hazelgirl21's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Rape

Moderate: Addiction, Death, and Homophobia

Minor: Abortion

drbookishbiologist's review against another edition

slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Rape, Abortion, Homophobia, Death of parent, and Racism

Minor: Drug use

readbycarina's review

emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Rape, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Homophobia, Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Pregnancy, Abortion, and Physical abuse

mbedrosian's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Racism, Gaslighting, Outing, Misogyny, Homophobia, and Classism

Moderate: Abortion and Addiction

katiejohns's review

emotional informative reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Abandonment, Rape, Grief, Drug use, War, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Abortion, Violence, Toxic relationship, Racism, and Death of parent

knunderb's review

challenging inspiring 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

A few parts dragged a bit for me. But overall,.this was a great novel. A story of dealing with loss, finding yourself, and reconciling ideas of something with the reality of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Violence

Moderate: Rape, War, and Gun violence

Minor: Abortion

goldenjunegem's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Infidelity, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, Addiction, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Violence, Abortion, Gun violence, and 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

astoriareader's review

slow-paced

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

2.5

SYNOPSIS:

• Olga & Pedro (“Pierto”) Acevedo are siblings, who were born & raised in Brooklyn. Olga is a wedding planner for rich folks, and Pierto is a Congressman. They are in their 40s.
• Both siblings are smart, savvy, educated, and Puerto Rican.
• Their father died when they were young, and their mother abandoned them prior to their dad’s death. Their mother is an estranged radical, who is fighting for the liberation of Puerto Rico.
• When Hurricane Maria hits, many issues come up for the siblings.

MY THOUGHTS

• I wanted to like this novel, as it nice to see Puerto Rican representation in literature, but this fell flat for me. Although, clearly, I am an outlier with the rave reviews.
• There were too many plots going on at once.
• The writing style felt very juvenile, YA to me.
• I didn’t find the two main characters very likable. I also didn’t like how the author portrayed them.
• I didn’t find being closeted in NYC in 2017 to be very believable.
• Some of the characters felt like caricatures & not realistic.
• I appreciated a lot of points made about colonization & Puerto Rico, but I felt the author wasn’t clear where she actually landed. The “radical” group of revolutionaries are vilified throughout the book, and government intervention is equally criticized. It makes it unclear what route people should support.

TL;DR: ⭐️⭐️.75. Meh, fell flat for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Abandonment

Moderate: Racism, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Rape, Suicide, Sexual violence, Drug use, and Classism

Minor: Abortion

hadsbaker's review

dark emotional informative mysterious 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: Homophobia, Death of parent, Abandonment, Addiction, Grief, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Abortion

Discussion of HIV/AIDS and death from it