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Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour

emalynrootbeer's review against another edition

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5.0

i wish i could wrap this book around me like a weighted blanket, i love it so much.

ninakrasnoff's review against another edition

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4.0

Pride month pick for Alexi and I’s challenge ✅ this was incredibly depressing. But well-written, I enjoyed it

eleanormharte's review against another edition

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5.0

Wow I absolutely loved this so much. It is beautifully written and so visual; I could easily see it all playing out in my head. So many feelings about legacy and wanting to be understood and have a place to belong.

maymay011's review against another edition

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3.0

Started off really great but I felt the last few chapters felt forced. So much potential!

sapphuela's review against another edition

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4.0

Nina knows how to write a beautifully sad, sapphic story. Painful in the best and worst ways.

queerjennareads's review against another edition

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

4.0

annawim's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

bridgets_book_nook's review against another edition

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4.0

4.5 ⭐

I adored this book and feel so deeply for Sara and Emilie. I was enraptured by their stories and couldn't put the book down.

It follows Sara and Emilie's lives separately from being teenagers to adulthood (mid-late twenties). Focusing on their grief, pain and loss and the hopefulness of finding and becoming themselves even through the reminders of their pain. You want nothing more than to see them happy on their own and more so together. The pull they feel to each other was palpable and had me aching for their happiness.

This book was beautiful, heartbreaking and bittersweet. It's life, with all its uncertainties and how we can choose to move forward, choose happiness and to live again with those we love, in spite of how painful our pasts have been.

juncos's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Really liked the prose. emilie’s character development was god (and thank GOD because she needed it) but they never really explore sara’s story despite how heavy it was

marjenn's review against another edition

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4.0

4.5, beautiful coming of age story