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challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

While Alejandra and I live VERY different lives, so much of her pain and sadness, despair, negative self-talk, etc. was a direct description of what I so often struggle with. To see it all depicted in writing was beautiful and normalizing in a way. I give it 4.5 stars because two major moments fell flat for me. Overall, this was a great horror with Mexican-American heritage and lore highlighted. This was a fantastic twist on the legend of La Llorona, and entwining the idea of general curses into Alejandra's journey was engrossing.

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The Great Gatsby: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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fast-paced

Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The illustrations are lovely. And I'm glad for the author's note because without it, I don't I would've liked the changes made. I understand now. And I definitely appreciate the omissions. Page 215 really bothered me though with the dad say "he'd of" instead of "he'd've." Ionno. Just bugged me.

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

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challenging dark informative reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

Good Grief: A Companion for Every Loss by Granger E. Westberg

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reflective medium-paced

2.5

The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed M. Masood

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challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

It amazes me that I could relate to each four of the characters in this book for different reasons. That's what good writing can do. Also, I don't when I became such a fan of irreverent humor, but I'm here for it. WOW!

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