Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Local: A Memoir by Jessica Machado

9 reviews

mandapan77's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

laurenlee2158's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and Chronic illness

Minor: Colonisation, Cancer, Alcoholism, Racism, Misogyny, and Grief

cherylzzzz's review

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Rape, and Panic attacks/disorders

whatchareadingheather's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This is by far a memoir that I have related to the most as someone who is also of mixed race, and highly recommend to anyone who struggles with their identity and lives with the constant feeling of never being 'enough' of one thing. Machado does a fantastic job at blending her personal life story with educational topics including:
- the positive and negative traits that AAPI culture tends to embody
-the rich history of Hawaii that gets brushed over in school including Blood Quantum history
-the 'murica mindset that sprung its nasty head against locals of darker skin tones despite Hawaii being a melting pot of cultures
- how very real culture shock can be and the many forms that homesickness can take
It's got a little bit of everything for everyone and hits the emotions in surprising ways.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, and Infidelity

Minor: Racial slurs, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Sexual assault, Rape, and Racism

allthebooks36's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Rape, and Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity

sguinn13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Fatphobia, Slavery, Racism, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Terminal illness

maethereader's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

I really loved this! I thought the memoir was beautiful. And tying in Hawaain history and indigenous kanaka culture made it so fascinating and reflective. I learned a lot about present day Hawaii and Hawaii’s history and indigenous culture & spirituality.

I appreciated the perspective of an okay but not perfect childhood and the honest portraits of messy but loveable family members. I found it very refreshing. The depiction of the author’s grief and difficulty in handling challenging emotions & situations as a young adult were very honest and I really appreciated those as well. Despite differing circumstances, I found those young adult years very relatable.

Overall I left the book with the impression that it’s all okay. We’re all messy and human and doing our best and making mistakes and having regrets, but we’re here and it’s all okay. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Rape, and Grief

Moderate: Infidelity, Cancer, Colonisation, Racism, and Terminal illness

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, and Toxic friendship

keeganrb's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Rape

Moderate: Racism, Colonisation, and Alcoholism

catherineelkhattabystrauch's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape