Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

46 reviews

madelinedalton's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

This was so cute! Excellent representation and great storytelling. My only real complaint is that narrative voice is very YA, which was hard to get into as a 25-year-old reader. That’s not an objective flaw at all—this book is very clearly for a younger demographic—but it did impact my personal reading experience. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Homophobia

Moderate: Self harm and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcohol and Blood

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

wynterwonderland's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Outing

Minor: Alcohol

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

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

juliabristow's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• 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

yami is so me

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Outing, Deportation, and Alcohol

marissab's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Outing, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Deportation, Homophobia, Racism, Toxic friendship, Classism, and Bullying

Minor: Alcohol, Police brutality, and Physical abuse

dododenise's review against another edition

emotional 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

Amazing!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Outing, Alcohol, Deportation, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Mental illness, Police brutality, and Suicide attempt

martapsalvado's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted sad slow-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

4.0

This book is beautiful inside and out 🩷💛 The pace was a little slow at times, but I really liked the story overall and how themes like being a queer kid in not very open environment, being a person of color in a predominantly white school, mental health, family issues and self-identity were handled. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Violence, Alcohol, Bullying, Deportation, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Biphobia, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, and Mental illness

Minor: Xenophobia and Toxic friendship

leahkarge's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Police brutality, Racism, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Biphobia, Forced institutionalization, Lesbophobia, Medical content, and Outing