A review by jg34
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-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? No

4.75

A great book! Well written and a very important story. You will feel for all these characters and go in this journey with them. Heartbreaking at times but also hopeful, this book does not shy away from hard truths. I have no complaints!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Minor: Vomit and Death of parent

This is a pretty heavy read that covers a lot of harsh topics but not in a way just to be gory, it is essential to the story