Reviews tagging 'Blood'

We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez

20 reviews

annamwallace66's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Trafficking, Classism, Cursing, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, Body horror, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Child death, Gore, and Grief

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

tyson_and_rainbow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

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

100_pages_hr's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

Harrowing fictional account of three teenagers who flee danger in Guatemala for a better life in the United States. This was almost impossible to listen to because their lives were so difficult but I think sometimes we need to read the hard books to be reminded about how fortunate we are. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Confinement, Grief, Sexual assault, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Rape, Blood, and Vomit

oriannajoi's review against another edition

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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Blood, Police brutality, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Grief, Violence, Xenophobia, Death, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Deportation, and Hate crime

maya_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Death, Rape, and Blood

Minor: Vomit and Pregnancy

amandalorianxo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

Gut wrenching. Traumatizing. Painful. Tearful. This one experience that Pulga, Pequena and Chico attempt as they leave their beloved home of Guatemala to go to the United States is a trek that is made everyday by people just like you and me wanting a better life then the one they were dealt with. I could write a dissertation about how distorted the right wing, conservative media paints these men, women and children but I won’t waste my time. Instead, this book highlights the fact that the trio are real people who needed to leave not because they wanted to but because dying at the hands of a gang/ gang member was not how they wanted to go out. The emotional trauma was felt in the words the author wrote and I will be forever grateful for this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, Sexual assault, Vomit, Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Minor: Abandonment

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