Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

12 reviews

frogwatching's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I cried reading this book because so many of Maia's experiences resonated with me. I've only just finished the book but i already know I will be thinking about it for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma

Moderate: Sexual content and Blood

Minor: Alcoholism

brief description of two scenes related to medical trauma, including page numbers, so you know which to skip:

there are two scenes about the authors traumatic experiences of getting a pap smear at a gynecologist's office. the first scene starts on page 123 and ends on page 131. pages 128 and 129 contain a graphic illustration of the authors pain (content warning for gore). the second scene starts on page 215 and ends on page 224. content warning for blood on page 221.

nyoom's review

challenging dark reflective sad fast-paced

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Cursing, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma