Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez

5 reviews

izzyluna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Racism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Deportation, Grief, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment

princessdana36's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

This is my favorite book of 2023. It was so devastating and enlightening all at once. This book told the gut wrenching story of Pulga, Pequeña, and Chico trying to better themselves by emigrating to the us.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child death, and Gore

Minor: Vomit and Abandonment

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

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

hootreads's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Blood, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Trafficking, and Vomit

Minor: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Kidnapping, Rape, and Stalking