Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Nevada by Imogen Binnie

9 reviews

hazelwood's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

For those who feel dead inside and don't understand why: Read this book before you buy $400 of heroin, steal your ex's car, and drive across the country hoping to figure out why you feel so empty. Hint: you're probably transgender and dealing with the trauma of repressing it for so long. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

vidoc's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Medical content

booksarebrainfood's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Transphobia, and Medical content

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

sincetheflood's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, Transphobia, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Medical content

cassielaj's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

A fascinating work of art filled with incredible insights into a trans person’s experience, without depicting the transition period (which the author says is a cisnormative concept of how trans people experience it, because it’s not about a switch from one gender to another (because there are more than two; gender is a spectrum)— trans is an identity in itself, full of its own unique experiences and feelings, depicted so honestly in this novel). 
It’s funny and gloomy and insightful and makes you think. Read the new version with the afterword. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Transphobia, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual content

lidia7's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Dysphoria

Minor: Deadnaming, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Medical content

standerson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Transphobia, Medical content, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

boy_topics's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

2.0

I hated this book. The characters are intensely unlikeable, every single one of them. I was hoping that the second half would bring some kind of redemption but the ending makes no sense. I don't get it. 2 stars for being kind of on the nose with some trans stuff. I think a lot of trans girls might find parts of this book really relatable. Other than that, I wouldn't recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Medical content, and Grief