Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Mooncakes: La receta de la luna by Wendy Xu, Suzanne Walker

19 reviews

purplepenning's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Sweet, adorable coming of age tale about a bisexual Chinese American witch with hearing loss who lives with her (awesome) sapphic Jewish and Chinese American grandmas. She's reunited with her childhood friend (and first love) when they (a nonbinary werewolf) turns up trying to escape desperate, demonic plans. Warm family vibes, supportive friends and found family, helpful cats and forest spirits, great representation, funny bird-headed mishaps ... It's pretty delightful. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, and Violence

jenny_d's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Death of parent

ednam0dewannabe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

This graphic novel has been a light read that I needed: lovable and well-developed characters, interesting and original story, and good representation. Although I couldn't give it more than 3.5 stars because the narrative is too fast and doesn't give the reader time to digest anything

(besides the insta-love)

. Despite that, I liked it a lot and will surely read it again soon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Grief

Minor: Death of parent, Death, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

foreverinastory's review against another edition

adventurous fast-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

I loved this so much! This was the cutest graphic novel ever and I've read Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey. Now I kind of want to reread it.

Mooncakes follows a witch and a nonbinary werewolf who used to be childhood best friends and they meet again when Tam comes to track down a demon. Together, the two will have to figure out Tam's werewolf magic and stop the demon before it can hurt anyone.

I love Nova and Tam so much. They're both so precious. This story is precious. I need it to be a series. I loved every single second of this graphic novel and I want more of everything in it. Queer nonbinary werewolf? Yes! Queer sapphics witches? Yes! magic and mayhem? Extra YES! I wish I read this sooner.

Rep: Jewish Sapphic female MC who uses hearing aids, queer nonbinary BIPOC love interest, WLW side couple.

CWs: Kidnapping, violence, confinement, emotional abuse. Moderate: death, death of parents, blood, animal cruelty, grief. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

water_violin's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-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

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent and Emotional abuse

make_believer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, and Violence

caidyn's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-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

3.75

Cute and so diverse! A deaf, Jewish, queer character raised by lesbian grandparents. Awesome. I just didn't love the plot as much as I had hoped.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Emotional abuse

lucystolethesky's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent

always_chloe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

THIS WAS SO CUTE! 
I loved it. 

- witches 
- queer romance 
- queer nanas 
- spells
- adorable friendships 
- the art is to die for 
- non-binary MC 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse