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livcashmere's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Death, Racism, Sexism, Car accident, and Murder
skye_era_books's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Death, Drug use, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Car accident, Murder, and Alcohol
abicaro17's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
colorful_lulu's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Gun violence, Rape, Sexism, and Car accident
Minor: Racism and Sexual content
themoodreader's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Death and Murder
Minor: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
readerette's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
However, the aunties also annoyed the hell out of me with their in-fighting (which I understand was a choice the author made to reflect her culture, but just got tiresome for me as a reader), Nathan is too perfect to be real, the dead body plot is somewhat cute but mostly just a series of dumb decisions, and Meddy's stream of consciousness narration was distracting.
Kissing and mentions of sex but no sex scenes.
Minor: Cursing, Death, Racism, Sexism, and Sexual content
katielaine_w'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
4.0
Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Racism and Xenophobia
decklededgess'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
5.0
This book was a fever dream in a good way. I never liked those weird slapstick murder comedies where everything went wrong but maybe I just needed to read/watch one where the characters aren't white and already absolved from guilt by the law simply because they're white. The anxiety of being found out and actual steep consequences occuring really added to the absurdity of how blaise Meddy's mother and aunts were. This book was so fucking enjoyable and I cannot believe there's a whole other book. I don't know what the fuck is happening in that one but the excerpt at the end of this was already wild enough.
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug use, Racism, Sexism, and Vomit
utopiastateofmind's review against another edition
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
I loved how strong the family and the culture was in Dial A for Aunties. In my copy there's a letter from Sutanto about trilingualism being a product of their quest for safety and dreams. How it results in broken pieces of language and moments in life, not stereotypes on a TV show. I loved how Dial A for Aunties was an entertaining page turner focused on Meddys' inner struggle between her family and her own dreams. It's all a matter of perspective and speaking up about what we want. Because when people leave it can be a blessing or a curse.
Moderate: Racism and Sexism