Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Bad Girls by Camila Sosa Villada

9 reviews

savvylit's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Bad Girls is perhaps the biggest testament to chosen family that I've ever read. Right from the start, Sosa Villada describes the solidarity and care that the self-described travestis have for one another. When their matriarch, Auntie Encarna, finds and adopts an abandoned baby, the travestis rally around Encarna to help her raise the child. This is the background for the rest of the narrative, which follows Camila as she navigates the danger and violence of sex work as a trans woman.

Overall, Bad Girls was an intensely compelling yet absolutely devastating novel. Sosa Villada writes with a unique blend of humor, magical realism, and blunt honesty. I felt truly immersed in a world that I'd known absolutely nothing about prior and I'm so glad I was. (Even if it often completely broke my heart).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

solusipse's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Suicide attempt, Murder, Outing, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Classism

stirnbandpunk's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Child death

nesblablabla's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

It is a generous testimony. There’s a lot of violence and cruelty, but also love, desire, affection, strength and sorority. Well written, so poetic; with some magic realism doses. A must read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Police brutality, Alcohol, and Classism

elinna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

Una historia maravillosa que te aprieta el corazón, pero que al mismo tiempo ese amor entre penumbras y de noche te va cuidando.
Escucharlo en voz de la autora fue una experiencia maravillosa.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Classism

lidia7's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Suicide, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Deadnaming, Gun violence, Self harm, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Colonisation

ca_r's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, and Classism

abithereader's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Transphobia, Vomit, Police brutality, and Classism

karina_cortazar's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Classism