Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Local: A Memoir by Jessica Machado

5 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

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

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

dogbuttsandbooks's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, Classism, Colonisation, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Drug use, Sexual assault, Grief, Hate crime, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Drug use, Colonisation, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Racism

Minor: Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Murder, and Bullying