Reviews tagging 'Deportation'

Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue

5 reviews

takidodo's review

dark emotional reflective slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Deportation, Alcoholism, Cultural appropriation, and Racism

Minor: Suicide attempt, Xenophobia, and Suicide

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexism, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Racism, Vomit, Pregnancy, Deportation, Medical content, Grief, and Cursing

Minor: Sexual assault, Car accident, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Cultural appropriation, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Sexual content

sorcha's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Addiction, Physical abuse, and Grief

Minor: Deportation, Infidelity, Child death, Alcohol, Vomit, Death of parent, Racism, and Rape

befrazzledenby's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This book was a rollercoaster, and I’m still not sure how to feel about it, though that’s usually a sign of a good book for me. I both loved and hated the characters, especially Jende. They all felt so real and complicated and just human. I loved Neni from the start. 

There were moments where the book felt as though it was moving too slow; other times, too fast. The pacing was just off for me, though that definitely added to the overall mood of the book and certainly is part of why it was a rollercoaster. 

There’s so many things to talk about in this tiny review, but I will leave it at this: this was the most raw, human book I have read in a long while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Classism, Emotional abuse, Death, and Miscarriage

bootsmom3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Classism

Moderate: Grief, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Racism

Minor: Sexual content