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Cantoras by Caro De Robertis

29 reviews

biblioghoul's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, Forced institutionalization, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Confinement, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Outing, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

etinney's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, and Trafficking

asolis's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Cantoras seamlessly melds the stories of five queer women to explore the history of Uruguay, queer joy, life under a dictatorship, and the importance of community and making space for yourself in the world. This book runs the gamut of emotions, but leaves you with a sense of hope. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment

Minor: Cursing and Death of parent

micropunk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Lesbophobia

rubyblueb's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, Forced institutionalization, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism and Suicide

kelly93's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Outing

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment

kelsiepixler's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.0

The story was slow at points, and I had to set page goals to keep myself from putting it down in the beginning. That being said, the last 1/3 of the book made it a worthy read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, and Police brutality

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Suicide, and Abandonment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Grief, Outing, and Colonisation

linzomatic's review against another edition

challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide attempt

sophiafarias's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

Beautiful, intriguing, breathtaking! I loved every moment I got to spend with these women. I loved getting absorbed in their lives and experiences with one another, through love unto freedom! 

This book gave me a sense of hope and relief that something so beautiful has been written and made available by my local librarv. I have always been an activist at heart and in reading this book, I felt like a lifetime could come with greater reward than I had imagined. 

This is a tale of triumph over tribulations and bravery. This is a book that needs to be on my bookshelf!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

horizonous'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

5.0

I would love to write an eloquent review for this book but I can't even find a beginning.

It's heartbreaking, hopeful and beautiful with characters and found family dynamics that will stay with me for a while. The writing, especially the descriptions of the ocean, are also very impactful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Infidelity, Suicide, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Racism, Torture, Antisemitism, and Death of parent

◦ Forced institutionalization = Conversion therapy
◦ Mental illness = Depression, PTSD