eva_rebolledo's reviews
16 reviews

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Infertility, Sexual violence, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Near the Bone by Christina Henry

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

I really enjoyed it until I reached about 80% of the book. It's a good story with good writing. And still, there are just so many things left unanswered, and I'm not saying that every aspect or plot of a story should always be explained, but there were so many missed opportunities here; for once, the origin of the creature or

the fact that C.P. doesn't remember Heather being mentioned on the news.

There were a couple of disappointing events, too, 'cause, seriously, what was the point of the creature ripping C.P.'s arm? In my opinion, it didn't add a single relevant aspect to the story. Also, the creature taking away Griffin and Jen when they were the ones who cared the most about Mattie/Samantha? I don't dislike C.P., but I think the story would have been more interesting if we had a group of people helping Samatha instead of just being back to having two characters to focus on.

In other words, the story is good, but the ending is just... pretty meh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

challenging emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? Yes

4.5

esperanza ☹️☹️

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

1.5

While there is a whole conversation to have about the topics this book involves, the book in itself just feels poorly written. There's no captivating element. The characters are all dislikeable, and the writing isn't moving at all, even when it tries. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Self harm, Terminal illness, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Flush by Virginia Woolf

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

4.5

this convinced me to start reading more Virginia Woolf.
absolutely incredible writing, to say the least.

Perdida by Gillian Flynn

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

el que se lleva se aguanta

in all honesty, the plot is great, really interesting, but at times it just felt like it was trying too much, in a sense? 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Dementia, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Infertility, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Mi amor de Wattpad by Ariana Godoy

lighthearted fast-paced

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

1.0

no comment 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Ancient Secrets of the Fountain of Youth by Peter Kelder

hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

Carrie by Stephen King

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

2.75

Not necessarily bad, just gets boring at times. Reading Stephen King in English as a non-native speaker was.. an experience?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Blood, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death

Minor: Animal death, Miscarriage, Rape, Abortion, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Beautiful boy: Siempre serás mi hijo by David Sheff

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

It doesn't feel right to me to rate this book since it's someone's real-life story, but I do want to say I enjoyed Beautiful Boy and recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Medical content