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nozycozy's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse and Violence
Moderate: Domestic abuse
kirstym25's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Grief, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, and Death
mr_cain's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Physical abuse, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Child abuse and Cursing
Minor: Sexual content and Death of parent
thoughtsfromtheafro's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Grief
Written in âSpanglishâgreatexpectations77's review against another edition
- 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
3.25
Graphic: Grief and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Classism, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Homophobia
Minor: Sexual content and Infidelity
theabee's review
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity
Minor: Miscarriage and Addiction
bella_cavicchi's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
(And for anyone craving a multi-media (!) experience, reading it is well-paired with this episode of Thresholds: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5odDnfti2oq70ktRVZ4rdU?si=1379209cd6e14d86)
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Homophobia
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Violence, Grief, and Death
Minor: Miscarriage and Infidelity
booknerderika's review against another edition
5.0
I highly recommend the audiobook for this one. It made the story so much more real. I was able to see my mom, my tĂas, my grandma in so many of the dominican women in this story. đ©đŽ
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse
Minor: Sexual content
readingwithcoffee's review against another edition
- 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
A refreshing older woman protagonist but if you go in not expecting the character unpack domestic and child abuse and how she continued the cycles and tries it break them it may catch you off guard. I heavily recommend checking out the content warnings. Also most of the time the Spanglish made sense but there were times when instead âhe has ten yearsâ clearly being someone in English mimicking Spanishâs âĂl tengo diez añosâ, instead at times it felt like taking a random word and making it Spanish to make sure we remember sheâs poorly educated ESL especially that one sentence she didnât recognize Chile the country despite being Latin American that seemed silly to me.
Small details but they bothered me, all in all Cara Romero is a very human character from her selfless virtues to her flaws that hurt everyone including herself. It made me cry which is a positive to the writer!
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Grief, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Classism, Terminal illness, Sexism, Cursing, Child abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Stalking
booksinherhead's review
- 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
Graphic: Physical abuse and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Toxic relationship
Minor: Medical content, Death, and Sexual violence