arieslofi's reviews
78 reviews
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, and Violence
Moderate: Vomit, Hate crime, and Child death
- 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
the ending isn't my exact favorite, but i did enjoy a lot of it and the glimpse into victoire's past.
anyway griffin PLEAAAAAASE return my fucking calls
Graphic: Racism, Hate crime, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Child abuse, Torture, Death, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Slavery, Physical abuse, War, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
i really enjoyed a lot of the translation, it felt super breezy and fluid (a lot of japanese translations feel extremely stilted and awkward), but i think it should have cut out on the usage of oshi? it didn't bother me a lot, but just enough to be distracting, given how much the word is used (151 times, no joke).
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Vomit, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse
Did not finish book. Stopped at 29%.
it pissed me off that alex didn't know he was bisexual. how do you write 28% of your book in the way you do, with the flirting and etc, and then suddenly give us three whole pages about how he never knew because he was a son of DEMOCRATS so he thought that was normal and he never questioned it, because he's the son of DEMOCRATS.
the overusage of american politics is annoying in and of itself, but when paired up with this fairytale about how democrats are the good ones (they're not, they're fucking centrists), it becomes a headache inducing paradox.
you can have a latino main character, but the president of the united states is a white woman! also the prince has an indian man serving him! that's not weird!!!
tl;dr.: congratulations, you managed to join nightbitch in books that make me violently angry. at least nightbitch was short and wasn't afraid of writing about sex.
4.0
é-me um pouco difícil fazer resenha de um livro assim já que é tão pessoal, mais até que uma memória, na minha opinião. uma memória é um livro escrito após o facto, um diário não; vemos a repetição e a dor enquanto ela acontece, não numa lembrança.
também vi alguém a dar 2 estrelas porque a autora é hipócrita, que odeia a favela e os favelados sendo ela mesmo uma — deve ter sido ou falta de contexto ou tradução impessoal, porque não achei nada disso na versão original. não acho que seja hipocrisia, uma vez que as pessoas tratavam-na mal só porque sim, apesar dela os tratar com o mínimo de respeito em primeiras interações.
por isso, fica a 4 estrelas porque sim, é importante, mas sendo algo tão pessoal deixa-me meio desconfortável dar mais ou menos que isso, lol. também porque admito que havia partes em que eu não aguentei e dei umas risadas, como "cala a boca, tuberculosa" e uma das mulheres a dizer que já não se ia suicidar porque d--s a vinha salvar...
enfim, é uma leitura um pouco difícil devido ao facto de ser real, mas ao mesmo tempo lê-se bastante bem e rápido.
Graphic: Colonisation, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Child death, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Rape, Racism, Death, Violence, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, and Child abuse
Moderate: Pedophilia, Incest, and Vomit
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death, Confinement, Alcoholism, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Suicide attempt and Addiction
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
overall very dull and full of itself, with a meaningless core, it never truly delivers on its scares. the ending was good enough to get itself more than 1 star, though, if that moves you to read it.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Blood, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Body horror, Dementia, and Bullying
Moderate: Suicide, Ableism, and Stalking
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Gore
Moderate: Vomit
Minor: Incest and Pregnancy
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Racism, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Violence, Vomit, and Death of parent
Minor: Sexual assault, War, Racial slurs, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts