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sbgage's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Drug abuse
Minor: Fatphobia
hanhantap's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Racism, Terminal illness, and Xenophobia
Minor: Sexual content and Sexual harassment
strange's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Racism, Grief, Medical trauma, Colonisation, and Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Fatphobia, Infertility, and Racial slurs
Minor: Bullying, Genocide, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Police brutality
tilo's review
4.75
[I was gifted the book but also bought the audiobook read by the author. The last 200 pages I listened to the audio version while reading simulteanously (allowing a faster read due to double speed as I was behind on pages to finish on time for the discussion). That was a fun experience and the audiobook is great.]
Being one of the few memoirs that I have read, this one made me curious about the genre. However, I do feel that a downside of this genre seems to be all the loose ends that were left by creating so many backstories to so many characters.
Nonetheless, this memoir is a refreshing insight on what issues Latinas face but focusing more on problems often overseen by white feminism such as poverty and lack of education. Interestingly enough, this book does not focus on issues caused directly by men but rather other challenges of a Latinx upbringing such as language, spirituality, and above all the question of whether one is being - in this case - "enough" Puerto Rican.
The style is beautiful and the discussion on language is fascinating. Some of the challenges of becoming an artist/writer described in this memoir comforted me in a way I was not expecting.
Again, the only but slight downside was the hinting to so many interesting sidestories that the format did not allow to be explored and the - to quote one of the members of my discussion group - "what feels like the need to include an American dream success story" which the story did not thrive upon considering all the other positive reflections on language, body, education, spirituality, and identity.
Moderate: Child death, Death, Racism, Terminal illness, and Death of parent
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Colonisation
martachbc's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, and Racism
Moderate: Grief
caseythereader's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, and Colonisation