Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez

22 reviews

ksuazo94's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

bekah445's review

emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Child abuse, Pregnancy, and Classism

magnaraz117's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

3.5

This is a great debut novel. It offers a window into first generation immigrants and the challenging, dual worlds they have to face. The battle between family and self identity, the "old world" and the new are all at the forefront of the novel and are well handled and articulated by the author.

Pacing is at times a problem. Some chapters cover hours or days, others covers weeks and months with little to differentiate the passage of time. That broke my immersion at times.

There need to be content warnings. This is a young adult book and it deals with some very heavy stuff, see my content warnings below, that happens to a lot of people. For readers who are currently in crisis or looking to escape from their own depression or anxiety, come back to this when you are in a better state of mind. For people in a stable place, this is an excellent view into why mental health resources are so important, and so very absent, in underserved, metro communities. So many kids, and adults, are being failed. This novel does a good job at addressing those short comings as well. 

An excellent read by a promising author!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Eating disorder and Rape

Minor: Incest

cheye13's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Alcohol

greatexpectations77's review

challenging dark informative 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

4.5

This book hits very hard, and it feels very familiar for those of us who were born extremely sensitive and very emotional (and everyone feels like they need to remind us about it all the damn time). I felt a closeness to Julia, and I look forward to reading more from Ms. Sanchez.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

readingpicnic's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

I feel like the book started off very strong for me, but then I started to lose interest towards the middle since the book was trying to do so many things at once. This book is advertised pretty heavily as a mystery, but there was a huge chunk of the book where the mystery went stagnant with no progress towards figuring it out, so it felt like it was on the back burner. I did like the narrator’s voice a lot, and I’m surprised she was able to keep a sense of humor with all of her trauma, but she felt very authentic. I loved when she would get angry and tear into people, basically harassing them for their behavior or appearance because I love a woman that doesn’t hold back in their insults. I really disliked the romance in this book because it felt so cheesy and naïve, although it could just be that I’m outgrowing YA romance (and straight romance). I honestly think the romance with Connor could be removed from the book and nothing would be lost, but I also just didn’t like him from the get-go, and I think she could do much better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Racism

lyd41's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Violence, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

cutlet's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

I think if this book had existed when I was in high school, it would have been perfect for me. Unfortunately I found it 10 years too late. Despite not being the target audience, I still found it a solid read. It was a bit slow and very emotional, too angsty for my (current) tastes, but well written. I'm glad it exists for this generation of high schoolers.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child abuse, Homophobia, and Sexism

kanj1's review against another edition

challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

msbarnesela's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful tense 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

Moderate: Body shaming, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt