Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

All This Could Be Different: A Novel by Sarah Thankam Mathews

24 reviews

tabbiecat's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault and Child abuse

Minor: Medical trauma and Vomit

sammyofthevalley's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

This wasn’t my type of book - I don’t usually read sad endings or books which are completely focused on angst. However, I also feel justified in disliking it, as the main character never develops. My FAVORITE part of books is character development, but the only upward motion we see in S is because of a time skip when the development has happened without the reader. I would have liked a lot more payoff for suffering through her situation. But that’s how life is

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Homophobia, Sexism, Fatphobia, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Racism, Terminal illness, Deportation, Classism, Addiction, Police brutality, Alcoholism, Drug use, Xenophobia, and Transphobia

marisamoo's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Just so unbelievable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Racism

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

Minor: Death of parent

kathleencoughlin's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Deportation, Outing, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

Minor: Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Misogyny, Police brutality, Domestic abuse, Racism, Sexual content, and Body shaming

bootsmom3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Transphobia, Alcohol, Deportation, Sexual content, Classism, Mental illness, and Racism

Moderate: Homophobia, Death of parent, Medical content, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Police brutality and Alcoholism

sirthatsacowboy's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Deportation, Addiction, Grief, Sexual content, and Drug use

Moderate: Racism and Toxic relationship

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Incest

bookswithisabel's review against another edition

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Sexual content, Rape, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Deportation, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Racism, Mental illness, and Drug use

Minor: Vomit

jdianm's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Abandonment, Deportation, Addiction, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Colonisation, and Sexual content

Minor: Eating disorder, Police brutality, and Homophobia

jessalex610's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

A very relatable story about a young freshly out of college person, trying to figure out her sexuality and her way in the world, while bringing in a refreshing immigrant perspective. I cried many times. I screamed many times. But mostly I just felt a very deep sense of relatability and comfort that I am not the only young person also struggling to figure out what their life is in their mid-20s.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Lesbophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Deportation, Mental illness, and Addiction

Minor: Transphobia

alysereadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-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

4.5

I loved this book! Really captures the millennial landscape and explores so much in one book (immigration, trauma, LGBT relationships, depression). Deserves a reread! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Rape, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts