Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Parachutes by Kelly Yang

110 reviews

_xsngo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

laurendong's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

hdefranz's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

muppetymelody's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Vomit, Stalking, and Alcohol

taylorunger's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Gaslighting

ginggrr's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

A strong, complex exploration of the experience of rich Chinese teens shipped to the United States and that of poor Chinese students on scholarship to the U.S., and touching on the world of American Born Chinese and of other immigrant families, and how these experiences overlap, intersect, differ, and are all impacted by racism and power structures and dynamics that often work against them. Friendship is also explored, as well as romantic relationships both straight and lesbian. Thoughtfully crafted, it’s a thought-provoking read, in addition to being an excellent story. Recommended!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

readinglitwithbritt's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, and Classism

dottydoolittle's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.25

Gossip Girl style read made authentic by the author’s own experiences. Easy read about difficult topics. I was invested despite the difficulty of defining the different characters’ voices. A worthwhile read for age 14+

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, Sexual harassment, and Classism

booksandcat's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.0

As another reviewer has said (amyv), this feels like a first draft. I was really interested in the parachute concept as I'd never heard of it, but the book as a whole was badly written in my opinion.
The chapters are disjointed and the relationships between the characters don't make sense or follow on - there's not enough exploration of the two "host sisters'" attitudes towards each other for their actions to make sense.
The characters have basically the same narrative voice and you never know whether from perspective switch to perspective switch you're going to get the same time period from another perspective, or skip forward in time a week.
The family relationships were unexplored, and although Claire talks about her popular rich friends back at home, I don't think she mentions any of them by name.
The reason I've given this two stars is that the sexual assault storylines were dealt with well. That was sadly the first point I felt anything for the characters though. This was obviously a really important story for the author but I wish it had been more polished - it could've been much better and much more impactful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

sapalomar's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault