Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Tiny Pretty Things by Dhonielle Clayton, Sona Charaipotra

4 reviews

why_en's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Spoiler

i barely remember what happened lol honestly it got boring in the middle but picked right back up with the last few chapters but damn Bette and June are really bitches wth so I don't feel bad about what's happening to them lol. the only people i was really rooting for were my girl Gigi and Alec, even Will oml and I did love how cunning Henri is but he's still creepy.

it also took me longer than usual to finish this cuz maybe because it's contemporary? also i dance and it gave me lowkey PTSD since i went to an arts high school and was close to the dance department students so the characters remind me so much of some of them 🤡

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Classism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

Moderate: Stalking, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Animal death, and Medical content

Minor: Xenophobia

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Medical content, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and Bullying

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Infidelity, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Death of parent

kbergsten's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Vomit, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Racism

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

readerforlife's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

This book is quite wild. The girls at this school are downright vicious. They really go through all lengths to make sure they get the roles they want. There was a lot of exposition and general tension at the beginning of the book, so it was quite slow-paced. I thought that the character of Bette was so entitled and annoying, but the other two perspectives were very well done. I understand how she was necessary to tell the story, but I wish there was something that helped negate what she was saying. Like if another character described her as entitled or something to that effect. I did understand her situation by the end of the book, but I didn't understand her. I would also add to look at the trigger warnings because this book touches on so many different types of scars and addresses so many issues. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, and Vomit

Moderate: Body shaming, Homophobia, Medical content, and Racism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Blood