Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour

4 reviews

tilder's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

Queer and heartwrenching. Got lost in some of the characters sometimes, felt like some of them could have been more fleshed out. Appreciated the ending and sense of closure for both of them. However, I do think that Sara’s trauma was resolved a bit too quickly, the whole reveal felt rushed and I wish we could have had more tension build up or something to complement the beginning of the book in the same way. Great read and look forward to LaCour’s other work!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

jjreads331's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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? Yes

2.0

The blurb on the cover called this "A love story for our times." I don't think that kind of lead in could be more misleading. I'm mad the cover is so beautiful since the book was deeply mid for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Grief, Medical trauma, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Blood

kimveach's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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

4.5

Yerba Buena is a stunningly beautiful book.  It follows the story of two young women through the trauma of their lives.  It is a surprisingly hopeful book as they learn to deal with their pasts.  I recommend the audio version as the narration was excellent.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

amandalorianxo's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-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? No

4.0

This is a bittersweet novel about two queer women who are trying to find, remake and be ok with themselves as they continue to heal and grow in this gritty world we live in. I love how Emilie and Sara didn’t hold back in their personalities and what made them who they are. I do think this was mis marketed a little bit. The romance is there but it’s not as poignant as the revivals each woman goes through in their twenties stage of life. This is my first novel of Lacour’s and I’m ready to dive into the rest of her backlist. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity and Sexual content

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail