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Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

8 reviews

tensepopcorn's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This short story collection is very hard to give a star rating. It had such a strong start, I enjoyed the first three stories. They were sad, yes. This whole collection is about Latina characters and culture in/around Colorado. It didn’t seem like any of the stories connected, I related to a few of the stories but like I said, so so sad. The writing is beautiful, but I would recommend checking out all of the triggers in this one. 

Sugar babies: 5/5 

-Very good and touching characters. 

Sabrina & Corina: 4.5/5

-Hit close to home for me. 

Sisters: 5/5

• this was probably my favorite story in this collection. I wasn’t expecting it to impact me when reading. 

Remedies: 3/5

• Again, tragic story but moving. I didn’t really like how it ended. I was wanting more.

Julian Plaza: 3.5/5

• very very sad. I liked the story but I wanted more. I didn’t like how it ended. 

Galapago: 2/5

• I really didn’t enjoy this one. I understand the frustration of the main character but still. 

Chessman Park: 3.5/5

• another sad one. Very good but still lingering and not in a good way. 

Tomi: 3.5/5 

• this was another good story and probably my third favorite. 

Any Further West: 3/5

• I really felt bad for the main character, her mother was terrible and really selfish. This one was heartbreaking. It was still great!  “Any Further West” is a great title due to the mother going west but it my opinion she can’t go west ENOUGH. The mother will never have enough space between her and her home. 

All Her Names: 2.5/5 

• pretty good, not much to say not as good as the last one. I did enjoy the narrator here.

Ghost Sickness: 2/5

• good but the ending fell way flat for me.  But i think it was about to have a story about the father in another story. 

All and all I’m giving this collection a 3.5 but I’m rounding up to a 4. The audiobook was really well done. I liked all of the narrators. I would probably go back and reread a few stories when I buy the physical version. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

mnerd63's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, and Abandonment

alayamorning's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Blood, and Car accident

Moderate: Child abuse, Abortion, and Colonisation

gabbygarcia's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

I want Ghost Sickness to be an entire novel 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Gun violence, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Genocide, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

Minor: Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

generational trauma, gentrification

internationalreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

mscalls's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

clrieant's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Well-written, and so honest. A hard but necessary read. I strongly recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Racism and Sexism

Minor: Car accident

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Ableism