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Soul Food by Elizabeth Acevedo

11 reviews

judassilver's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Racism

Moderate: Homophobia, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual content and Abortion

k_fry's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

I love how tenderly Acevedo wrote teen perspectives, giving them so much dignity, maturity, and growth that felt realistic. It’s not often that I come across a YA where there isn’t at least one unbelievably written character but every one of them in this story had wonderful depth. Of course, mistakes are made but they’re teens so it’s expected - the beauty of the story is how they react or learn believably.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Minor: Child death, Homophobia, Racism, Abortion, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

mysterymom40's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence, Homophobia, Slavery, Vomit, Abortion, Colonisation, and Classism

srhi96's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, and Alcohol

hiba_biba's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

ran_sophia's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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? No

5.0

The story is amazing and brilliantly created and executed.  The twists in the story were well written and placed.  The style of writing and storytelling is great.  It was easy and fast to read.  The author's style made the reader feel the emotions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Homophobia, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Bullying, Stalking, and Alcohol

radiodarkblue's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia, Abortion, and Pregnancy

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book is overflowing with strength and warm family feelings. I absolutely loved it. The characters are so loveable (excluding Baby Girl's paternal grandma) and it was so wonderful reading Emoni's passion for cooking. I thought the author did a great job crafting love and self-acceptance into this story and loved that Emani was never ashamed of being a teen mom. The recipes were also super delightful to see and added a lot of character. 

📚 The gist 📚: Emani is a high school senior and mother to a charming little girl, and lives with her supportive grandmother. The world keeps trying to bring her down, throwing judgy adults, financial instability, and racism in her way again and again as she strives to become a chef. 

📒Representation📒: mixed race black and Latinx mc, bipoc characters, Latinc characters, teen motherhood, nontraditional family, low income, wlw sc

💕 For readers looking for 💕: a beautiful exploration of family and motherhood, passionate and loveable characters, a sweet romance, diverse and representative characters, playful recipes, and a food focus

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racism, Sexism, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia, Stalking, and Pregnancy

Slut shaming, shaming a teen mom, threat if taking your child, financial instability

looney_moons's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

3.5

Acevedo never fails to impress me, and this one is no different. As a person who is wildly uninterested in having children, it was a wonder that she made me feel so much for this young mother and her child. Apart from that, I am a person who loves to cook and who uses food as a love language, so this book was straight up my street. A tiny bit predictable, but overall very enjoyable - which is a lot coming from me when talking about an audiobook. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Homophobia and Death of parent

camillou's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Pregnancy