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ciwanski'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
4.0
We are not perfect people, but taking part in and holding onto community can help us learn and grow and love, and this novel shares that message.
I definitely recommend the audiobook!!
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Alcohol
Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual content, Outing, and Deportation
cassielaj's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Homophobia and Xenophobia
Minor: Sexual content
alysereadsbooks'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: Cancer, Child abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Medical content
gabydoesgrowth'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
4.0
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Sexual content
mr_cain'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
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, and Alcohol
Moderate: Child abuse and Cursing
Minor: Sexual content and Death of parent
alexisgarcia'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
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, and Classism
greatexpectations77's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Toxic relationship and Grief
Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Classism
Minor: Infidelity and Sexual content
booknerderika's review against another edition
5.0
I highly recommend the audiobook for this one. It made the story so much more real. I was able to see my mom, my tías, my grandma in so many of the dominican women in this story. 🇩🇴
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse
Minor: Sexual content
readingwithcoffee'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
3.75
A refreshing older woman protagonist but if you go in not expecting the character unpack domestic and child abuse and how she continued the cycles and tries it break them it may catch you off guard. I heavily recommend checking out the content warnings. Also most of the time the Spanglish made sense but there were times when instead “he has ten years” clearly being someone in English mimicking Spanish’s “Él tengo diez años”, instead at times it felt like taking a random word and making it Spanish to make sure we remember she’s poorly educated ESL especially that one sentence she didn’t recognize Chile the country despite being Latin American that seemed silly to me.
Small details but they bothered me, all in all Cara Romero is a very human character from her selfless virtues to her flaws that hurt everyone including herself. It made me cry which is a positive to the writer!
Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Stalking
graceesford's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.25
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Abandonment, and Deportation
Minor: Infertility, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy