Reviews tagging Emotional abuse

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, by Erika L. Sánchez

19 reviews

frenchhornfrenchfries's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense 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

4.75

Very emotionally intense book, but I liked it a lot. I only partly struggled with the timeline as it was difficult for me to grasp in what time periods the chapters/ happenings were apart.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Death, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Rape, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, and Self harm

zoelynn's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Child death

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Emotional abuse

ksuazo94's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Car accident, Death, Emotional abuse, and Transphobia

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

xxthefoolonthehillxx's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Rape, Pedophilia, and Pregnancy

Minor: Emotional abuse

mreinert'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

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, and Emotional abuse

eed8's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Death, Drug use, Alcohol, Gun violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Pregnancy, Racism, and Abortion

_sunlux's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

Was extremely relatable for any person who grew up in a difficult household where you never understood the challenges your parents went through to get to America whilst also being affected by the unprocessed trauma of your parents.  Was strong representation of a poc household, specifically mexican, but as a non-mexican, it was still very relatable and did make me cry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Homophobia, Trafficking, and Rape

pawprintedpages's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Drug use, and Classism

Minor: Racism

Spoiler

depression; hospitalization following suicide attempt; partial hospitalization program for mental illness

magnaraz117's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad 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

3.5

This is a great debut novel. It offers a window into first generation immigrants and the challenging, dual worlds they have to face. The battle between family and self identity, the "old world" and the new are all at the forefront of the novel and are well handled and articulated by the author.

Pacing is at times a problem. Some chapters cover hours or days, others covers weeks and months with little to differentiate the passage of time. That broke my immersion at times.

There need to be content warnings. This is a young adult book and it deals with some very heavy stuff, see my content warnings below, that happens to a lot of people. For readers who are currently in crisis or looking to escape from their own depression or anxiety, come back to this when you are in a better state of mind. For people in a stable place, this is an excellent view into why mental health resources are so important, and so very absent, in underserved, metro communities. So many kids, and adults, are being failed. This novel does a good job at addressing those short comings as well. 

An excellent read by a promising author!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Eating disorder and Rape

Minor: Incest

4l3yda's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Suicide, Death, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Violence, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts