Reviews tagging 'Blood'

All the Young Men by Ruth Coker Burks

8 reviews

sapphic_alpaca's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Infidelity, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug use, Vomit, and Stalking

_alias_ali's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Hate crime, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Blood, Car accident, and Classism

shamelesslyash's review against another edition

challenging emotional

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, and Alcohol

bobbybluech's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Blood

happiestwhenreading's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

If there is one time period in history that completely breaks my heart, it has to be the way the AIDS crisis of the 1980s was handled. Not only were many queer people shunned from their families and loved ones, but then we had a government that refused to acknowledge what was happening in regards to HIV and AIDS. Queer people were left to die alone, stripped of their dignity and without an ounce of love or compassion from so many in the medical fields.

Thank goodness for people like Ruth Coker Burks…a woman who selflessly inserted herself into a crisis with her whole heart and soul. What was a chance encounter with a gay man on his death bed in a hospital that treated him like a leper, turned into a calling that changed Burks’ life forever. She became a tireless advocate for people with AIDS; she loved them when no one else would, she gave them dignity in their death, and she advocated for the entire community to help them get funds and resources.

This is an incredible memoir – one of the best I’ve ever read. Not only do I admire Burks for her work within the AIDS context, but I was beyond impressed with her resilience, determination, and attitude in the face of so many challenges. If I could have just an ounce of her moxie, I’d be set!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, and Grief

emmeline's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

house_of_hannah's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

This book just grips your heart, and does not let go. It is absolutely horrible how human beings can treat each other, and the tears wanted to come within the first few chapters. Being bisexual, and in love with the drag community, I've heard stories of those people lost to HIV. However, I never truly realized how damning the situation was, and how terrible the public response was. It's just so heartbreaking.

The only issue I have with this book is the way the chapters are setup. Often there would be a complete scene change that would confuse me for a few sentences before I realized what was going on. Sometimes it just didn't feel like we were done talking with one person before a different situation was being talked about.

I 100% believe everyone needs to read this book. It will open your eyes to some of the horrors of life, but also it's love, compassion, and determination. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Drug abuse, Blood, and Car accident

the_literarylinguist's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Sexism, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual assault, and Car accident