caseyaboutthroughout's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Sexual violence and Drug use
storyskein's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Yerba Buena deals with heavy, complicated issues, but the tenderness and vulnerability with which LaCour draws Sara and Emilie makes the book feel almost gentle at times. That's not to say that the trauma isn't dealt with--it is. The reader is left with no doubt the events that have shaped these women, and yet, LaCour balances the harrowing with the ultimately hopeful.
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death of parent, and Sexual violence
dfbballinger's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use
Moderate: Biphobia, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Addiction, Death, Violence, and Toxic relationship
paulaortuno's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Grief
care4coffee's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Child death
Moderate: Drug abuse and Sexual violence
Minor: Racism
wildhorses's review against another edition
Moderate: Sexual violence, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Child death, and Drug abuse
lily1304's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Child death, Sexual violence, and Death of parent
hln's review against another edition
- 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
Minor: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Sexual violence
elizj____'s review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use
Minor: Sexual violence
merylas's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Drug use, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Death, Abandonment, Death of parent, Drug use, and Addiction
Minor: Racism