Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Undret by R.J. Palacio, Ulla Danielsson

10 reviews

whosfernn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

3.5

Pretty good. Enjoyed the film more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Medical content, Chronic illness, Ableism, and Animal death

Moderate: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Body shaming

Minor: Blood, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicidal thoughts

1eea10u's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.75

I may be biased as someone who is afflicted with similar conditions as the main character (cleft-affected and hard of hearing), it was one of the most accurate representations of being young and growing up with a facial difference. The good, the bad, and the ugly involved with it. 

While sometimes I felt the main cast acted a bit “too young” for their age, it also could be me just interpreting children wrong as it’s been a while since I was in 5th grade myself. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Medical content, and Medical trauma

While this book does contain some trigger content, specifically around medical procedures and harassment and bullying associated with having a visible difference and disability, nothing is majorly graphic or excessive given the context of the story.

hilarylouise's review against another edition

emotional 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: Chronic illness, Body shaming, and Bullying

Moderate: Animal death and Ableism

Minor: Suicide and Medical content

steph_w_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Medical content, and Dysphoria

Minor: Animal death and Injury/Injury detail

mandi4886's review against another edition

emotional 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: Ableism, Animal death, and Bullying

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Toxic friendship and Violence

morganperks's review against another edition

emotional sad 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Ableism, Body shaming, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Medical content, Emotional abuse, Animal death, and Violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Grief

tuesdayangel's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Bullying

marisabenn's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

Such a cute story. I had to read this for college and I'm so happy that I actually did. Auggie is an inspiration and I love how he has protectors all around him, even when he doesn't realize it. Definitely a middle school to early high school book, but I think it would give any adult the warm fuzzies.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Chronic illness

rayne_1906's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted slow-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

3.25

 2 hours 12 minutes - This book was fine, an easy to read, feel-good story, focusing on real-life prejudices and struggles. Some parts feel very observational and are very well done, such as the introduction to part two, Via’s story, where you realise you as the reader has done the exact thing everyone else in her life has already done. However, other parts, just seemed pointless. Justin’s story was almost unreadable with the lack of speech marks and capital letters, and didn’t really add anything to the story. Summer’s part also felt a little pointless, although I enjoyed Jack’s part. The first half of the book felt truer than the second, as an ‘action’ based scene is written but feels forced just to add a bit of excitement. So overall, this book was okay, I liked some parts of it and the overall message, but I didn’t like other parts and the way they were written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Body shaming, and Animal death

Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, and Medical content

elenamarmiroli's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Nonostante questa fosse una rilettura, è passato così tanto tempo dalla prima, che questo libro mi ha stupita. E in maniera estremamente positiva in quanto riesce a trattare temi importanti in una maniera coinvolgente e in maniera perfetta sia per il target che per un pubblico leggermente più adulto.

Inoltre, i diversi punti di vista aggiungo molto al libro, evidenziando come un evento può avere più chiavi di lettura e relativizzandolo.

L'unica pecca è stata il finale che secondo me poteva essere leggermente meno lungo.

Devo anche aggiungere che l'ho riletto in forma di audio book e credo che ciò abbia avuto un ruolo nel mio giudizio finale, in quanto i narratori hanno reso le voci dei diversi personaggi ancora più distinte e un'altra piacevole aggiunta è stata quella presenza dei rumori di sottofondo, che spesso il lettere ascolta come fosse veramente nella storia con il protagonista.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Violence, and Chronic illness

Minor: Vomit