Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez

2 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

ximevillarejo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad 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? Yes

2.0

this would’ve been great but the timeline and narrators of the story are confusing, as i read along i felt that it was going no where. 

also, in this edition in particular the intro is beautifully written but i felt that elizabeth didn’t read the book it says some stuff, for example: laura didn’t understand jojo’s poems because of the language when it is stated, more than once, that laura studied in the usa, so it didn’t make any sense and only confused me more as i was reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Body shaming, Classism, Grief, Mental illness, Alcohol, Bullying, Colonisation, Cursing, Deportation, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, and Toxic relationship