Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

24 reviews

amberinpieces's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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: Biphobia, Medical content, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, and Bullying

Minor: Outing, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Blood, Deportation, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

ladyinverse's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

absolute banger of a book. I'm so glad I finally decided to read it for sapphic September and I'm mad at myself for taking so long to have read it.

this was an amazing coming of age, romantic sapphic love story of finding you should not be ashamed of who you are and who you love. those that matter don't mind, and those that mind don't matter. 

tu eres mí otro yo 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Deportation, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

tinyjude's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

4.75

One of my absolute highlights of this book was the relationship between Yamiret and Cesar. I love sibling relationships in books where they support each other.

Although some topics are triggering and hard to read, the book is so easy to follow and the lovable characters make the pain melt away a little. Bo is the absolute cutest and I love how much of a lesbian disaster both girls were, it was cute and lighthearted. It hurt to see Yamiret hide so much of herself, but I understand and I wish I had the courage Bo showed here when I was in my catholic school. As well as I understand the struggle to think about ways of earning money in case you get kicked out of home when you show yourself. Also Jamal and Cesar :( babies, I hope the best for them because they also seemed so cute.

It's always the art teacher or the English teacher and we love it audjsjs

The book also deals with topics such as cultural identity, police brutality (*cough* acab) and immigration/intolerance towards immigrants, sexuality, putting boundaries in relation with your adopted white family as a person of colour dettached from your culture and your people, mental health issues, homophobia, mentions of colonialism, racist encounters, colourism, stereotypes about latine people, especially women. 

I think the author did a fantastic job, and definitely all the tears I shed on the last chapters at 3 am are proof of that. But most of all, what filled my heart with joy and broke me was Yamiret and Cesar's mom. I love her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Biphobia, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Deportation, Violence, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Racism, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, and Forced institutionalization

makifanclub's review against another edition

3.0

i wouldn’t have ever picked this up if it weren’t a book club pick since i know this type of YA just isn’t for me anymore, but i had a decent enough time with it. i do like that it shows a perspective that isn’t always typical in queer teen books. a pretty solid story all around, cute and cheesy yet also touching on some darker topics in a sensitive and age-appropriate way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Outing, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Deportation, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Blood, Classism, Racism, and Vomit

meheehee's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative 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? Yes

5.0

It made me punch my mattress but also smile and blush and gasp, and I loved it so much :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Cursing, Deportation, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, and Cursing

Minor: Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Vomit, Grief, and Blood

emily_mh's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? No

5.0

I don’t really feel capable of giving a proper, detailed review of this book because I am simply in awe of it. Just know that it is a perfect book about queerness, lesbians pining for each other, a gorgeous sibling relationship, celebrating every part of who you are, complicated families, mental health, the trauma of religious bigotry, being Brown and queer in a majority allocishet white space, forced separation from family, relearning to trust, rebonding with loved ones, simple and massive moments of joy, and ultimately, hope. I loved reading every second of it. 

My favourite quote was: “I can’t make him love himself. The closest I can get is loving myself unapologetically right in front of him.” 

Rep: lesbian Chicana MC, lesbian Chinese-American LI, bisexual Chicano SC, Native American (Navajo) SC, queer Black SC 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Racism

Moderate: Deportation, Vomit, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Outing, Xenophobia, Police brutality, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Violence, Grief, Bullying, Sexual content, Blood, Cursing, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, and Abortion

Moderate: forced separation from family, disownment, suicidal ideation Minor: loss of a loved one, colourism, one use of the Spanish homophobic m-slur, one use of the lesbophobic d-slur

jesikasbookshelf's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.0

Pay attention to the trigger warnings on this one, the content for them isn't light.

I struggled with this one because of them but also, this felt clunky and messy to me. (

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Homophobia, Racism, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Violence, Biphobia, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Outing, Police brutality, and Racial slurs

rebecca713's review against another edition

4.0

heavy but really really good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Self harm, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Outing, Deportation, Bullying, and Racism

fireandstars's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Alcohol, Religious bigotry, Deportation, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Outing, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Police brutality and Forced institutionalization

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Beautifully heartwarming 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Racism, Self harm, and Homophobia

Moderate: Abandonment, Outing, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Cursing, Classism, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Vomit, Violence, Colonisation, Police brutality, Blood, Hate crime, and Sexual content