Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

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12 reviews

nat_montego's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-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

4.0

Heartbreakingly sad

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Homophobia, Chronic illness, and Death

Minor: Alcohol

alykade's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.75

This is just a beautiful book, I recommend it for queer people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Death, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Abandonment

gondorgirl's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Death, and Grief

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

3.0

June's crush on her gay uncle, and later his boyfriend, was not handled super well. Every adult in her life pretended to not see it or treated it in a very "oh ho ho she'll grow out of it" way. This inappropriate crush on adult figures is a way neglected children reach out for attention. As June and her sister are left to their own devices during tax season you can really see where the susceptibility to substance abuse (alcohol and cigarettes) and need for adult attention comes from. This acceptance/ignorance of the crush gives the story an incest or 'attraction to minors' feel when it was June primarily reaching out for romantic attention and the adults around her redirecting her but not outright rejecting her.

Spoiler

There is a scene where she kisses an adult on the mouth or fantasizes about doing so.  June pretends Toby is her lover when she takes him from the hospital via taxi to her home, where he dies.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Homophobia, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Gaslighting

Minor: Pedophilia, Racism, Ableism, Hate crime, Incest, and Adult/minor relationship

About 88% through the book it is mentioned that 'the wolves in the woods' were several feral dogs that ended up being shot. It was an unnecessary detail.

erynelle's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Chronic illness

nicoleme1212's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol and Homophobia

anniey's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

this was a very nice book. my biggest issue was that though the author says it is an adult book, it definitely feels YA, and young YA. the main character felt very young and it lessened my enjoyment a bit. I also didn’t mesh with the writing style very well. My favorite part was the sister dynamic, which felt very authentic. I also loved the late 80’s setting and the songs that were sprinkled throughout. overall, i enjoyed the book, but I think I would have liked it a lot more if I was a teenager.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol

sneezy_5000's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Medical trauma, and Medical content

tetedump's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, and Incest

elizabeth_18's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Death and Homophobia