Reviews tagging 'Deportation'

The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata

6 reviews

sebradley29's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

delaina's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Deportation

joey_paige's review against another edition

relaxing slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Violence, Car accident, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Physical abuse, Grief, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Deportation

hannibanani29's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Minor: Body shaming, Drug use, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

baexlee's review against another edition

Realistically maybe if I had read this book it may have been a different story. But as soon as I heard the narrator use soon twice nearly five words apart in a sentence after I had been overlooking NUMEROUS egregious long winded and internal monologues from the main character. I can't remember where the recommendation came from but the description of the book online is intentionally vague because the author wrote themselves into an impossible plot corner before even starting the romance. I love a good enemies to lovers, and I especially love a good

marriage of convenience

but both tropes do require some suspension of disbelief and the author so firmly asserted the traits of the main character that is main my own immersion impossible. Now my biggest issue deals with the "ultimatum" so as to not spoil anyone who might want to torture themselves with writing that feels like you are banging your head against a wall (pun intended) the rest is below. 

This book is about a marriage of convenience in order to trick the government to allow the main love interest to stay in the country. Had I know more details of the plot, I would not have picked up the book, I would not have spent money on it, and I would not have supported it in any way. Maybe some people can read misconceptions about deeply personal situations that they have been through, but I cannot willingly read harmful and painful stereotypes about the type of residency my partner is living on, and read a dramatized watered down and romanticized version of everything we went through for the plot of a romance novel. Maybe the book got better, I will never know, because realistically as soon as I heard the ultimatum was Aiden offering to pay off Vanessa's student loans and buy her a house if she married him for five years? Nah. You've lost me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexism, and Deportation

cozyduck's review against another edition

hopeful slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Car accident, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Abandonment, and Deportation