Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

The Broposal by Sonora Reyes

21 reviews

greenfroggy2117's review against another edition

3.25

hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, Deportation

Moderate: Infidelity, Racism, Police brutality, Death of parent

Minor: Drug abuse

jay_is_gayyy's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Biphobia, Homophobia, Abortion

Minor: Drug abuse

greatestheights's review against another edition

2.5

emotional hopeful sad fast-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: Yes

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Death of parent

Minor: Abortion

Fear surrounding deportation, but no actual deportation occurs.

khymihr's review against another edition

4.25

sad tense medium-paced

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content

Minor: Homophobia, Death of parent, Deportation

tenderbench's review against another edition

4.0

emotional tense 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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abortion, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Car accident

potatogrr's review against another edition

3.5

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: Yes

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Drug abuse, Racism, Death of parent

Minor: Biphobia, Deportation

grumpyreading's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

---

📚 Review: Ugh. I’ve loved everything I’ve read by Sonora Reyes. They are such a great writer. You fall in love with the characters, feel the pain they feel, and feel all the joy with them. This book was so timely, and dealt with some really tough topics, but still left me feeling so hopeful and happy at the end. I highly recommend this book if you’re looking for a queer romance with three dimensional conflict and characters you will get to know and love. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Biphobia, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation

ladyflash's review against another edition

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Racism, Death of parent, Deportation

the_readingraven's review against another edition

3.0

emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

---

Wow, I feel a bit conflicted trying to rate and review this book. If you were expecting a cute little gay romance story, think again! The Broposal gets very deep, Sonora lists the triggers right at the beginning of the book, please take them seriously! Spoilers below!

I felt a lot of big feelings about our main characters, Kenny, Jackie and Han. Kenny is a US citizen, who's in a toxic and abusive relationship with the spawn of the devil, Jackie. (Oh man, do I HATE Jackie! I swear, if she was real, I'd square up so fast! It's been a minute since I read about a character I truly hated this much.) Kenny is very "soft bi boy with kinks". Like he literally carries around a bag of toys, lmao. I sort of like Kenny, but this dude can't make his mind up for shit. He has been in an abusive relationship for years, so that's a big reason why, but his failure to see clear manipulation was so hard to read. I just wish more of his friends and family stood their ground about what was happening to him. I feel bad for not liking Kenny as much, but honestly, besides his BDSM play and being a US citizen, Kenny wasn't that interesting. I liked Han a lot more, bro. Han is a guy with a backstoryyy! I literally gagged at several sad things that happened to him, I was not prepared for. Plus, Han would get so vulnerable with Kenny just for Kenny to turn around and do the opposite. I was so annoyed. It does end in a happily ever after, which is great brp, but the road was rough bro!

Some things I liked about the novel were families not having an issue with their kids/cousins being gay. Being gay/bi/trans, was pretty normal and resolved fast if there were issues. I also liked seeing supportive parents of bi people! Thank goodness for that.

I think one of my issues with this one is that Sonora typically writes YA novels, even with the adult scenes in this story, it still felt "YA" in some parts. Granted, Han and Kenny are both young in this story, that plays into it, but I didn't care about the work side plot or how some minor things just magically worked out. I also hated a part where Han "slow claps" for Kenny when he finally speaks his mind. It's very YA coded and left me on the fence a bit.

Overall, I did like this story and glad I read it, but I wouldn't recommend it to everyone. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship

Minor: Drug abuse, Death of parent

dotoridoritou's review against another edition

1.0

emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

This book is a mess

with bizarrely inappropriate timing for extremely under negotiated kink discovery? Lol

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship

Moderate: Biphobia, Violence, Death of parent, Deportation

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Homophobia