Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour

10 reviews

ohmygoshtosh's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Violence

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

dfbballinger's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Addiction, Biphobia, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

lalesbianlune's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

To me, Yerba Buena is less a romance and more a story of family, connection, and persevering to find oneself. The romance between Sara and Emilie was lovely, but it allowed the book to explore how two people from different backgrounds and trauma may come together - with all the emotions and failures and successes that may entail. I enjoyed the nonlinear/multiple perspective style but it did often feel unbalanced. Some of the early plot with Sara also felt a little overdone, but overall I appreciated it this book.

“She recognized a love letter when she saw one.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Minor: Violence

priadrummond's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Abandonment

Minor: Pedophilia, Violence, and Trafficking

lindsayerin's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Violence

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Trafficking

Minor: Confinement, Violence, and War

ienbdri's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

3.75

Was this book realistic or perfect? No. Is it a good read for when you need a sapphic relationship and people that successfully battle their childhood demons? Absolutely. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

tortillacat's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Violence

bandysbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This is literary fiction that follows two different women as they try to heal the wounds of their pasts with a pinch of mystery sprinkled in. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol