Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin

9 reviews

queenfury's review

emotional reflective medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Dysphoria, Transphobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Child death, Outing, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

brookey8888's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-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

4.75

Wow. What a important story. It is very hard to read at times, but there are a lot of light moments as well. I really loved Riley as our character. They were just very relatable in many ways like being awkward. I thought the friendships and the family relationships were so important. I learned a lot and think other people will as well. Definitely look up trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Fatphobia, Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

trademark's review against another edition

dark emotional informative medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Bullying, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Hate crime, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicide, Deadnaming, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Misogyny, Child death, and Lesbophobia

darkmattersoybean's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Mental illness, Homophobia, Child death, and Bullying

Moderate: Self harm and Injury/Injury detail

thereaderfriend's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Sexual assault, and Bullying

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child death and Self harm

An amazing read. Please look into the content warnings before you read.

dlrosebyh's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Transphobia, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

Minor: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child death, and Hate crime

jimothymax's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book made me feel a lot of things. Riley's anxiety felt real and tangible as they dealt with navigating a binary system while living outside the binary. I absolutely adore Riley's friends and parents as well. I think my favorite thing about this book is that Riley's agab is completely unknown and completely irrelevant. In the book, Riley talks about wanting to put people in boxes and how it can be difficult not to even as a gender-fluid person. That is so relatable because, as a trans man, I often have the same inclinations. I think that getting to know Riley in that way was an excellent step to breaking out of that dusty, outdated, unneeded habit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Hate crime, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Suicide and Child death

xhelat's review

challenging emotional hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Transphobia, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Deadnaming, and Bullying

Minor: Child death

daralexandria's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Transphobia, and Homophobia

Minor: Self harm, Child death, Suicide, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders