Reviews tagging Grief

Mostraci chi sei, by Elle McNicoll

12 reviews

stvnh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, and Ableism

Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, Death of parent, Bullying, Medical content, and Gaslighting

t_higgsreviews's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

5 Stars
CAWPILE = 9.29

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Car accident, Grief, Medical content, Death, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Misogyny and Terminal illness

mx_socks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

A brilliant story about accepting who you are, despite other people trying to "fix" you or limit you based on certain traits they say are "undesirable"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Car accident, and Grief

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Bullying

Minor: Cancer, Death, and Death of parent

daffodildyke's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? No

4.5

Finally got around to reading, as it felt important to me to read this before reading Elle's new book.

It is hard to put into words what reading stories that I would enjoy anyway but with neurodivergent characters feels as a neurodivergent person, but I know that so many others who read these books already know how it feels without me having to put it into words.

An interesting and modern plot that is equal parts interesting and inspirational. Pomegranate and Dr Gold are fascinating and deeply fleshed out, and I felt Cora's emotional rollercoaster along with her as I read this. It was a deeply interesting book and I can't wait to re-read it when I get the chance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Grief and Injury/injury detail

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

anniereads221's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent and Medical content

Ableist slurs

marinable_books's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Gaslighting, Grief, and Car accident

readingwithkt's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Medical content, Grief, Ableism, and Car accident

tfortilney's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Ableism

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, and Death

annalisaely's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely loved Show Us Who You Are by Elle McNicolls - as an autistic book reviewer I first found Elle on autistic and writing Twitter, which led to me buying her first book, A Kind of Spark, which I've reviewed here before and also loved. I continued to follow her publishing journey online until this book, a near future scifi with holograms and a bit of AI run by a suspicious company called Pomegranate, was ready to come out. Our main character's brother works at Pomegranate and she meets the son of the owner at a company party (this is MG, so both of them are about 12). Cora and Adrien immediately find common ground because they are both neurodivergent, Cora being autistic and Adrien having ADHD. I adored their friendship and it reminded me a lot of how much I enjoy talking to other people like me. When Pomegrante wants to interview Cora to figure out how to work holograms of autistic people better, Adrien advises against it, and only a tragedy can overrule his advice and send her running into their arms. The representation and how this book addressed ableism was very meaningful to me and I'm so happy to have read it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, and Car accident

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Death of parent

llincathryn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Ableism, Car accident, Death of parent, and Bullying