72 reviews for:

Pedro & Daniel

Federico Erebia

4.22 AVERAGE

fictionalmandy's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional reflective sad 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

clamon's review

5.0

challenging dark 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: Complicated

lando_reads_books's review

4.0

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

mogar_pogar's review

4.0

challenging dark 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

jsoliveira's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

sara_m_martins's review

3.75

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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I kept forgetting this wasn't a memoir in the best way. I found the writing very evocative and the tone was similar to memoirs, and did not feel YA to me. The story simply felt incredibly believable and there various IRL moments were mentioned (like the AIDS quilt), plus it is very character focused. 
We follow two brothers, of Mexican descent, through their abusive household growing up (there is a big CW for child abuse), and after when they start their own journeys. Most of the book takes place in their childhood and teenagehood while they figure themselves out - sexuality, religion, relationships to others and themselves, dreams and careers. Their adult lives are unfortunately marked by AIDS, which takes central stage in the later part of the book, and the very touching and heartbreaking portion of seeing people go away due to it. I found the pacing okay (the adult life portion went by much quicker, but also the brothers were together less often). 

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an eARC. All thoughts are my own and the review is freely given.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Religious bigotry

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual content

Racism, specifically colorism. Pedophilia in the context of abuse of minors by members of the catholic church.

sweetbriar15's review

4.5

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Complicated

wellvallie's review

4.0

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

nilkaraman's review

5.0

dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense slow-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

viareadsbooks's review

4.0

emotional 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: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship