Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz

4 reviews

kaybee23's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

I recommend the audiobook. Having a knowledge of Carribbean Spanish will make it more enjoyable but it's not required.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Kidnapping and Alcohol

abnormal_shadow's review

emotional funny inspiring 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

4.0

I didn't go into this book with a clear understanding of what it was. I listened to this as an audiobook on Libby and I would very much recommend this method. It felt like a podcast. The main character address me as a character. In the book I answer her questions, I follow her story and I check up on her. The audiobook had music, the sounds of waves and the scratching of pens and pencils on paper. The main character is flawed, she often doesn't see how she makes people actually feel. She is confident and assertive to the extent that

it took a public argument with her sister to understand how she actual hurt the people in her life (Fernando and the sister).  Its seeing the other side of a child's life, how she feels she was doing her best, her side of the day that her son left, her side of the lives of those around her, her account of events.

You can tell in the book that she is an unreliable narrator and its easy to sympathize with her until certain things click you as a reader get angry with her but not for long. She is not a bad person she is just doing bad things and doesn't understand that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Abandonment

Minor: Kidnapping and Pregnancy

rayannotates's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Minor: Pedophilia and Kidnapping

naluju's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, and Classism