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A review by beautifulpaxielreads
Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Alcoholism and Domestic abuse
Minor: Vomit
Major character death by suicide. Scene of an attempted sexual assault, with sexual harassment. The slur "w**" is used several times by racist white people against Italian-Australians. Teenage pregnancy - the protagonist's mother had her at seventeen - is a major element of the plot.