Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

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

5 reviews

olgawritesthings's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Suicide attempt

bookedandbusy's review against another edition

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

4.5

I really enjoyed this book! I wasn’t a fan of some of the characters but the main character did grow on me as the story went on!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Grief, Self harm, Animal death, Rape, Death, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Body shaming and Racism

The main characters sister is dead.

she’s hit by a semi truck

when the main character goes to Mexico, there is gang activity that may be upsetting to some.

catsandbookspluspup's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, and Death

e_flah's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-paced

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

I can see why I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter is a standout in YA even though I personally didn't enjoy this book. Julia has a lot of strong opinions, largely negative, and reading from her perspective brought back all the ways I behaved as a teenager that in hindsight I regret. As this is a sign that her POV voice was well done, I'm leaving off a rating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug use, Fatphobia, Grief, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

Minor: Rape

readingpicnic's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

I feel like the book started off very strong for me, but then I started to lose interest towards the middle since the book was trying to do so many things at once. This book is advertised pretty heavily as a mystery, but there was a huge chunk of the book where the mystery went stagnant with no progress towards figuring it out, so it felt like it was on the back burner. I did like the narrator’s voice a lot, and I’m surprised she was able to keep a sense of humor with all of her trauma, but she felt very authentic. I loved when she would get angry and tear into people, basically harassing them for their behavior or appearance because I love a woman that doesn’t hold back in their insults. I really disliked the romance in this book because it felt so cheesy and naïve, although it could just be that I’m outgrowing YA romance (and straight romance). I honestly think the romance with Connor could be removed from the book and nothing would be lost, but I also just didn’t like him from the get-go, and I think she could do much better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Racism