Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez

9 reviews

teetea's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Rape

Moderate: Body shaming, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Animal cruelty

madzie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Animal death, and Pedophilia

Minor: Emotional abuse, Acephobia/Arophobia, War, and Eating disorder

hedsek's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

2.75

Not for me I guess

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Xenophobia, Mental illness, and Racism

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Animal death, Bullying, Classism, Eating disorder, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Genocide, Incest, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, and Ableism

joensign's review

hopeful reflective medium-paced

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

Minor: Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Incest, War, and Fatphobia

americattt's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.25

“At my age, this is what I knew of revenge. What someone kept in a bedside drawer. What color was someone’s underwear. What did someone look like squatting awkwardly on a small chamber pot. Then, when that someone fell upon me with violent discipline, I could undo with a gaze: I know you, I know you.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Eating disorder and Animal cruelty

Minor: War

mollyisliterate's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia and Incest

katherine_kelley's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

 

I don't know what to say. It was fine but had no real impact on me. I wasn't intrigued by the lives of these people, really. I also struggled to distinguish between perspectives and found the serialized nature of the novel not to be particularly interesting. I think I might have liked it better if I went into it with the expectation of it being a collection of stories instead of one narrative because it isn't one narrative. I also think that the book is really outdated in places with fatphobia and colorism. I also found the actions of characters that were intentionally unlikable made me uncomfortable sometimes. Like, I was supposed to find it unlikable, but it didn't make me like the story that was being told. I also was not interested in the sisters' domestic lives, which make up a large part of the narrative. It's just not for me, and I don't think it was really cohesive enough for most people to get something out of it as a total product. But what do I know?

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexism

Moderate: Mental illness, Fatphobia, and Racism

carol_c26's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• 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? No

3.5

the book is in reverse chronological order which I personally had trouble with. funny and sad little stories put together. loved the sisterhood though. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: War, Sexism, Police brutality, Pedophilia, and Gun violence

lauconn's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Racial slurs, Xenophobia, and Pedophilia

Minor: Animal cruelty and Eating disorder