Reviews

Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo

selenityelizabeth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

4.0

nev_04's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• 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

4.5

kaerene's review against another edition

I think that I would enjoy reading this one rather than listening to it. There are a lot of names that just won’t stick in my brain and I’ve been getting mixed up with who is who. 

allisonwatkins's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility and Infidelity

goodbyeskyharbor's review

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• 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? Yes

2.75

elysev's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious

4.0

brittanymorgan52's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

3.75

This book was so hard to get through. Between the changing point of views and the time hopping I was struggling. Remembering each characters story and background was rough. But Elizabeth Acevedo is one of my favorite authors so I refused to give up on it and I’m glad I didn’t. Once I made it past the halfway point I really got into it and finished fairly quickly. The book was weird, quirky, and sometimes even a little uncomfortable and yet at the end I found myself crying. The ending was so beautiful and I’m glad I kept going with this one. 

carriermoore's review against another edition

emotional funny informative 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? It's complicated

3.75

amyiso's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I love magical realism! I love beautiful complex women! I love generations of love and loss! I love stories that feature other languages even when I don't speak them! I love authors who are very clearly poets! I love crying right when I think I'm going to get through a book dry-eyed! I love this book!!!

arianna_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.25

This book was poetically written. Felt like following a families chisme and just being a fly on the wall to listen to their stories and dynamics.