Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Yesterday Is History by Kosoko Jackson

16 reviews

caitlinemccann's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Grief, Car accident, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Vomit, and Alcohol

mandkips's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Homophobia, and Medical content

Moderate: Death, Racism, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism and Car accident

anniereads221's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

imstephtacular's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Chronic illness

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Homophobia, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Cursing and Racism

xoodlebooks's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Medical content, and Car accident

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, and Grief

Minor: Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

foreverinastory's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

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

3.5

After a liver transplant, Andre Cobb finds out he can time travel. After returning from his surprise trip to 1969, Andre is contacted by the donor family. They take him in and explain about time traveling, and they've tasked their youngest son, Blake, to teach him about his new gift. Andre is torn between past and present, between Michael and Blake and he has no idea what he's doing.

I enjoyed this book. It was such a fun time romp. Andre was an easy character to love. He's been through a lot and had low expectations of things working out for him. Then this liver transplant changes his whole life. Now he can plan a future and he's finding that the future he wants is not the dream his parents have coached him on. I loved seeing Andre get to grow and live. His adventures show him just some of the experiences he can continue to have.

I wasn't super invested in either of the romance candidates. Michael was from 1969 so like that would never work? But then I never really felt the connection with Blake until super late in the book. Regardless, I did really enjoy this book and Andre's character.
Rep: Black gay male who has liver cancer (in remission), two gay white male love interests.

CWs: Grief, homophobia (someone is kicked out of their parents house for being gay), alcohol consumption (underage) , alcoholism, drug use/abuse, cancer (MC had liver cancer, in remission, book opens with liver transplant), medical content, death/death of child (love interest's brother), car accident (cause of death), grief, racism, outing. 

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Homophobia, Racism, Medical content, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Car accident, and Outing

dari's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

3.5

I enjoyed listening to this audiobook (it's on Spotify). The story is very bittersweet and left behind somewhat of a heavy feeling behind, but in a good way. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer and Medical content

Minor: Car accident

angelicathebookworm's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

The concept behind this is so unique! A boy who gets a liver transplant suddenly gets the ability to travel in time. And falls in love with someone in the past. And in the present. I actually really enjoyed this book. I listened to the audiobook, and the narrator was really engaging. The story was emotional and pulled me in from the beginning. This is actually something that I might read again!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Medical content

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Racism, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Car accident

downsophialane's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Homophobia, Racism, and Medical content