Reviews tagging 'Cultural appropriation'

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney

7 reviews

daenerystargaryen's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Dementia, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Alcohol

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Cultural appropriation

darkromancefiend08's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

It was amazing. It was completely sweet and funny. I literally never wanted to put it down🥲. 

Quinn was a little cringe and a lost black girl. I say lost in the sense that she had a lot of white friends who often just categorised her as white even though she wasn't. She went through most things that every black girl goes through and she never felt like she had enough black friends (to be fair, she didn't have any in the beginning of the book). 

Carter is hot, funny, sexy and lowkey reminds me of Malakai from Honey and Spice. Not in the way his character is, but in the way he treats the women in his life and the girl he loves.

Quinn has a journal (note, I also have a diary, need to burn it😭), she writes down EVERYTHING in there. Carter accidentally takes it and loses it resulting in someone blackmailing her to do what's on her list. She eventually finds it (spoiler, it's the white bitch who's racist and petty). In the process, she finds who she is without the journal and makes amazing black friends along with a whitey who isn't too bad (jokes, we love auden).

I found myself smiling half the time and laughing in the middle of class so this book was extraordinary. If a book can make me laugh... it has my thumbs up. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Racism, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Domestic abuse and Racial slurs

hollowhallow13's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Dementia, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, and Cultural appropriation

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

challenging emotional lighthearted 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

3.5

Wow. This may be one of the best YA books I have ever read. This is marketed as YA but I really appreciate the author for making this more adult and not treating the characters like children in a way where these characters are going through some really tough things, navigating racism and being bullied at school. The characters felt so real, their character development felt so genuine. 

This book I feel needs more hype, more people need to read this important book about racism as a young person and handling falling out of friendships, processing aging grandparents and the pain of them losing their memories, parents fighting and maybe not having the healthiest relationship. Those are a lot of things that kids go through and are real things teen have to deal with. I thought this author did such an amazing job balancing all of these moments and walking us through as the characters are processing and walking out all of this too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

artsyxbookish's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Cultural appropriation

jasminealizae's review against another edition

lighthearted 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

3.0

This book was decent. I enjoyed the little plot twist it wasn’t what I was expecting it to be and although it had a third act breakup it wasn’t because of the typical miscommunication. It did feel like it dragged on a few chapters too long, but overall it was sort of entertaining. Carter and Quinn were cute. I’d be interested in reading a second book about Olivia and Auden’s relationship. Loved that it has my favorite quote from Bring It On “You’ve been touched by an angel girl.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Racial slurs, Racism, Cultural appropriation, and Toxic friendship

maymoo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense 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

5.0

I literally could not put it down

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Racism