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

15 reviews

enlamont's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, and Homophobia

Minor: Infidelity, Gun violence, and Eating disorder

tetedump's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Grief, Gun violence, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Animal death, Rape, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Xenophobia

rbudd24's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Grief, Deportation, Death, Body shaming, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Abortion, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Drug use, Mental illness, Infidelity, and Homophobia

annamorgan27's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Animal death, Blood, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual assault, Car accident, Death, Deportation, Abortion, Child death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Drug use, Homophobia, Alcohol, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

eed8's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Death, Drug use, Alcohol, Gun violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Pregnancy, Racism, and Abortion

pawprintedpages's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Drug use, and Classism

Minor: Racism

Spoiler

depression; hospitalization following suicide attempt; partial hospitalization program for mental illness

lixxyliz3's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• 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: Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

e_flah's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-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

I can see why I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter is a standout in YA even though I personally didn't enjoy this book. Julia has a lot of strong opinions, largely negative, and reading from her perspective brought back all the ways I behaved as a teenager that in hindsight I regret. As this is a sign that her POV voice was well done, I'm leaving off a rating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug use, Fatphobia, Grief, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

Minor: Rape

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

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

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

danab913's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

Very fast and entertaining book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Gun violence

Minor: Rape and Suicide attempt