Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Long Run by James Acker

4 reviews

quasinaut's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

This is a romance, yes, but it's also a book about two high school boys getting to know themselves, both separate from and in reaction to how others perceive them. We see Bash turn into someone else around his jock friends, his stepdad, his teachers, Sandro's family. Meanwhile, Sandro is dealing with how he fits with his family and kids at school, who like him but don't really see him. 

The main downside for me is that this feels like a book written 10-15 years ago (and maybe it was, but just didn't get a chance to be published until now). I see the comparisons to Aristotle and Dante, a book from 2012 set in the 1980s; this book from 2023 feels like it could have been set in 2010, maybe. Like it's more millennial than gen Z. But I am a millennial, so what do I know about today's teen experience, ha!

Other good things: I appreciate that Bash and Sandro have identity issues that are separate from their sexual identities. I liked that there are real adult figures, who aren't perfect but are trying. (Though I would have liked to get a taste of how Sandro's family dynamic evolves, beyond just his interactions with his mom!)

All in all, just two kids making mistakes and figuring stuff out and fighting and loving and doing their best. Good stuff.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, Vomit, and Medical content

tragicgloom's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring relaxing sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Homophobia, and Body shaming

Moderate: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Grief, Outing, Racism, Alcohol, Blood, Vomit, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Medical content, and Death of parent

imstephtacular's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Fatphobia, Body shaming, Medical content, Violence, Bullying, Death of parent, Racism, Biphobia, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Blood, Drug use, Grief, and Mental illness

Minor: Vomit, Abandonment, and Panic attacks/disorders

annikaa's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Misogyny, Cursing, Homophobia, Violence, Bullying, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Alcohol, and Blood

Moderate: Outing, Grief, Death of parent, and Sexual content