Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett

5 reviews

carlytenille's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Abortion, Alcohol, Medical content, Medical trauma, Body horror, Cancer, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Grief

eliran's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Medical content, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Fatphobia, Grief, Cancer, Drug use, Blood, and Death

Minor: Abortion and Alcoholism

riri_pdx's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Addiction

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Self harm

Minor: Abortion

usedtotheweather's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

The story of the friendship between the tortoise and the hare/ the ant and the grasshopper. About being adjacent to someone, friendship and care

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Body horror, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

ellenorr's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

3.0

I don’t know how I feel about this book. I devoured it, but guiltily—like it was immoral to read a text that feels so exploitative. I will be thinking about it for a long while. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Abortion, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Addiction