Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

16 reviews

amberinpieces's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Medical content, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, and Bullying

Minor: Outing, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Blood, Deportation, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

kh_xion's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Lesbophobia, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Deportation, Self harm, Abandonment, Outing, Medical content, Mental illness, and Police brutality

bluberrybooks's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Outing, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Lesbophobia, Police brutality, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Deportation, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Medical content

walrus420's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing sad

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicide attempt

Minor: Medical content

leahkarge's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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: Mental illness, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Police brutality, Racism, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Biphobia, Forced institutionalization, Lesbophobia, Medical content, and Outing

emily_mh's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? No

5.0

I don’t really feel capable of giving a proper, detailed review of this book because I am simply in awe of it. Just know that it is a perfect book about queerness, lesbians pining for each other, a gorgeous sibling relationship, celebrating every part of who you are, complicated families, mental health, the trauma of religious bigotry, being Brown and queer in a majority allocishet white space, forced separation from family, relearning to trust, rebonding with loved ones, simple and massive moments of joy, and ultimately, hope. I loved reading every second of it. 

My favourite quote was: “I can’t make him love himself. The closest I can get is loving myself unapologetically right in front of him.” 

Rep: lesbian Chicana MC, lesbian Chinese-American LI, bisexual Chicano SC, Native American (Navajo) SC, queer Black SC 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Racism

Moderate: Deportation, Vomit, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Outing, Xenophobia, Police brutality, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Violence, Grief, Bullying, Sexual content, Blood, Cursing, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, and Abortion

Moderate: forced separation from family, disownment, suicidal ideation Minor: loss of a loved one, colourism, one use of the Spanish homophobic m-slur, one use of the lesbophobic d-slur

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Beautifully heartwarming 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Racism, Self harm, and Homophobia

Moderate: Abandonment, Outing, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Cursing, Classism, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Vomit, Violence, Colonisation, Police brutality, Blood, Hate crime, and Sexual content

toffishay's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? No

3.5

This was a really emotional read! I felt very connected to Yamilet as I think many young women of color who went to a predominantly white institution will. Her struggles against racism (institutional and interpersonal), homophobia, sexism and unfair/unequal familial expectations, and her strong desire to be able to just live as herself, made this a very compelling and relatable read. I also like the way that her family life is fleshed out and many of the other characters in her school and her home life are able to grow and have some additional dimension. I think that the book dragged a little at the end. We were approaching wrap up and then another piece of plot happened that felt a little too tacked on and Hallmark-y. But it is a YA story and I think it would be something that a teenager would enjoy being incorporated. A really nice read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Racism, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Self harm, Physical abuse, Outing, Alcohol, Sexism, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Violence, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Child abuse, Classism, Hate crime, Deportation, and Blood

drink4horror's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Outing, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Deportation

Moderate: Classism, Xenophobia, and Medical content

internationalreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Biphobia, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Homophobia, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Deportation, Cultural appropriation, Lesbophobia, Racism, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship