Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Mis(h)adra by Iasmin Omar Ata

7 reviews

sineadz's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

sometimes_samantha_reads's review

dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This graphic novel interpretation of the author's experiences with seizures was really interesting. PLEASE check content warnings before reading, but i highly recommend this story. You will need to have an ope  mind, heart, and some emotional capacity to read it. It talked about the discrimination of patients with "invisible" illnesses as not all seizures involve convulsions. It also talked about racial discrimination in the medical field. The story was relatable. Sad but hopeful toward the end. The art was beautiful! I loved the style and all of the colors. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

krys_kilz's review

dark emotional 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

4.5

The artwork in this book is INCREDIBLE!!! I am literally in awe. As a chronically ill person, I also really appreciated the story even though it was hard at times.

A lot of the story is told through the visuals and use of color, so it's important to pay attention to the images and not just the text with this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Gore

morainjay's review

dark tense

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

spinesinaline's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

As you may be able to tell from the cover, the author has a really interesting art style, relying on a few colours and a lot of these more abstract lines or eyes or knives to represent their epilepsy. The story is based on their own personal experiences and this book doesn’t shy away from the dark moments (including some suicidal thoughts) but I really appreciated having this perspective on something I know very little about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Body horror, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

jakobvongunten's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

fungivibes's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism and Medical content