Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez

16 reviews

savheath's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Cursing, Police brutality, Blood, Death of parent, Deportation, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Medical content, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Kidnapping and Torture

jordynkw's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Blood, Child death, Death, Drug use, Grief, Death of parent, Gore, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Sexual violence

transquake's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Child death, and Confinement

Moderate: Pregnancy, Rape, Fatphobia, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Child death, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Rape, Blood, Grief, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Death, and Sexual assault

lindsloveslit's review

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

5.0

I just read back-to-back five star reads for the first time in my life (this & Take My Hand)! 😭 They were both fictional stories with very, VERY real implications that made me feel all the feels. They are also both MUST READS because of their perspective and impact.

We Are Not From Here was full of trauma and heart break. 💔 It was a raw, real, heavy, and incredibly important book. In it, Sanchez wrote about the neverending trials of three kids from Guatemala, who went on their journey for freedom and safety. I'm not a big cryer, but I wept as horrible injustices were told page after page, chapter after chapter. All I wanted to do, the entire time, was hug the main characters. 💓😭 I wanted to be able to look them in the eye and truthfully tell them that everything would be okay - that they mattered. That their life and feelings and family and history all mattered.

When y'all pick up this book (because you NEED TO), make sure to take breaks to breathe. It's another book that I encourage you to read with others. Shout-out to the @the.storygraph for its spoiler free buddy reads and thanks to @bookclusion for organizing the read with @stories_and_sweaters & @lizzy0305! 🤗

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Gun violence

sierranorgan's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This book was tough, and every time it seemed like things were getting slightly better I was proved wrong. I enjoyed that this wasn’t a sugar coated version of what this journey is like though, and I enjoyed the different perspectives of the characters. But man did this one hurt. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Rape, Body horror, Death, Sexual harassment, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

apworden's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad 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? No

4.5

Not only is this an incredibly important book, it is incredibly well written as well.  Every U.S. resident should read this to fully understand the situation at the border. It is a refugee crisis, no matter what terminology is used to hide this fact.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Rape, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Child death, Death, Grief, and Pregnancy

tahsintries's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Xenophobia

maple_dove's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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? Yes

2.75

I personally didn't enjoy this book, but I think everyone should read it, to understand critical things migrants from South America and Mexico face when heading to the United States border.

I Liked:
-The flawed main characters
-Depiction of brujas in the book (since I don't know a lot about them)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Pregnancy, and Rape

Moderate: Abandonment, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Racism, and Stalking

(Graphic) Manipulation, (graphic) death threat, (graphic) death of loved one

bjdarby's review

challenging emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder