Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

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

80 reviews

elisa26's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse and Homophobia

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

lforgione's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

Graphic: Abortion, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Blood, Car accident, Death, Pregnancy, and Self harm

laurasailors15's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Rape and Sexual harassment

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

salemwasinyouryard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Violence, Trafficking, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and Self harm

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

clawclawclaw's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Pregnancy, Rape, and Gun violence

abril_chavez's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Having personal cultural ties to this book, there were a lot of moments where the author would describe a behavior or thought process they had in response to old school Mexican views and I kept picturing myself at various moments. It’s well written, easy to read and a nice flow. It was really fun to identify so much with a book and a character and see a lot of struggles for young Mexican girls and women being brought to light and into question about the injustice and misogyny at the root.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Car accident, and Death

Minor: Suicide attempt, Rape, Self harm, Homophobia, and Eating disorder

paulineerika's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I thought this story would be more about Julia learning about her sister and coming to terms with her sister's secrets and her family's expectations. Instead, it's very much the story of a young Mexican girl trying to make her way through high school with parents she can't seem to communicate with, friends with different interests, the typical high school pitfalls, and the struggles of losing her sister on top of it all. Julia is an incredibly complicated character and not always likeable, but there is a lot that's relatable. I think Sanchez's writing is so strong and I loved that she didn't shy away from challenging topics like depression, suicide, undocumented immigration, sexual assault, and sexual discovery. That being said, ultimately I think there's too much happening for the relatively short length of the book and some things could have been dealt with more. I also suspect that I am probably not the target audience for this book, but I still think it was a worthwhile read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Death

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, and Gun violence

summergirl's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Moderate: Self harm and Suicide attempt

Minor: Death

jazz_xcvi's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicide attempt