Reviews tagging 'Gore'

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez

2 reviews

op3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

2.5

I really tried to love this book. I really did. I found the quality of writing lazy and rushed, the only highlight was the ending which I found to be just ok. So that’s what I’m rating the book as. Just ok.
Often times I take at least an hour or two to pick out books I want to read so I can enjoy what I read. This is one of those books I avoid when I spend that time searching. This is a testimony that I should keep doing that. But the ending was okay. The fluff was ok if you consider there to be any.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, Rape, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Self harm, Violence, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Blood, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Religious bigotry, Outing, Death, Bullying, Sexual violence, Grief, Suicide, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Homophobia, Sexism, Car accident, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, and Child death

Minor: Violence, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Drug use, Blood, Gore, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, and Eating disorder

rainydaycookies's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

3.0

As an imperfect Mexican daughter, I think I was hoping for more. This is a young adult coming of age story, the main character, Julia, is difficult, moody, a teenager. Her favorite book is Catcher in the Rye and I find the similarities between her and Holden Caulfield. In the same ways Catcher in the Rye annoyed me, Julia annoyed me. 
About halfway through the book she changes for the better, she matures and starts trying to look at things from others perspectives. I find myself liking this version of her much more. I see some pieces of me in Julia, which may not help me reconcile with myself, but may have helped a teenage me. 
The storyline about her sister personally felt anticlimactic and not what I had predicted but that doesn’t mean it was bad. 
Overall, the book was a page turner, I personally was just looking for more from these characters. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicide attempt, and Gun violence

Minor: Gore