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heuteschongekurtet's review against another edition
emotional
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, and Alcohol
Moderate: Racism
rubyatarah's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Firstly, a silly note: the week that I read this, I met up with somebody from marketplace to buy a car. His name was Ramiro and he was also from Texas. Totally an accident!
I’ve grown up mostly fatherless, getting the most affection from my dad via letters during some time that he was in prison. When you’re in an unstable home, siblings are there to despise and push away, and at the same time need and pull close.
</An overdose in the network of siblings putting one of us in a coma was the scariest thing we’d ever seen. It said to us that even if we got out of the abuse, we could still hurt ourselves, whether choosing or not choosing to. When our brother lived through it, we felt so relieved but didn’t have the words to talk about it.> This book was so deeply wounding and put-back-togethering to my heart. I hope I can get my family to read it. It made me feel understood in a way I hadn’t realized I needed. Benjamin Alire Saenz does an incredible job portraying difficult truths that we seldom have the minds to speak about, for being too personal or too painful, in a simple and palatable way that gives one permission to laugh and cry within the same page.
I’ve grown up mostly fatherless, getting the most affection from my dad via letters during some time that he was in prison. When you’re in an unstable home, siblings are there to despise and push away, and at the same time need and pull close.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Racism
Minor: Gaslighting, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Infidelity, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Racial slurs
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