Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Eğer Kızın Olsaydım by Meredith Russo

11 reviews

jem_carstairs's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

Mixed feelings on this one. I thought it was mostly handled well, but

the scene at homecoming annoyed me a little. I wished Amanda had gotten the chance to tell her own story, and I don’t like that one of her main friendships was wrecked with absolutely no resolution. I hated the handling of Bea’s character. I also wish that her dad’s abuse had been properly acknowledged and dealt with.

Apart from one spoiler, I liked the way friendships were done although I feel they could have been developed a little further. And the romance was hardly more unrealistic than your typical YA romance so whilst it wasn’t anything special, I liked it. It was fine. But to be honest I could have had the book without it personally.

The ending was a bit idealistic in some areas, yet also didn’t have enough resolution for me in others

Overall, I think there are better YA romances, but think the trans rep was pretty good, I really liked Amanda as a character and I enjoyed the friendships. And, if nothing else, it was easy, engaging and fairly enjoyable 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Sexual assault, Medical content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape

azaliz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.0

It's a teenage story about a teenage girl coming to a new town and making friends in her new high school, with a twist: she's trans, this is the South, so she's being stealthy.

The story is lovely, she makes fast friends and has lovely relationships 🥰, but there's also really hard moments (transphobia, past suicidal attempts, bullying). It felt right for me to read the story now, but please be careful of your mindset while reading the book. I still recommend it for a realistic book about a trans girl who has a stereotypical highschool experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Violence, and Outing

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Deadnaming, Mental illness, Rape, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Dysphoria

d00rframe's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Outing, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Deadnaming, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

moxiemin's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Bullying, Physical abuse, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual violence

standerson's review against another edition

hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

in which the villain is the bisexual girl who smokes weed

also the author is allegedly a domestic abuser

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Drug use, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

hazeljade's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

This might be my new personal favorite book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Outing, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Hate crime, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol

With all of these triggers it is amazingly well written. Looking at all the topics covered I'm surprised how well each was handled so my overall impression of the book was unbelievably positive and encouraging.

bittersorbitol's review against another edition

challenging hopeful reflective sad tense 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

3.75

The romance wasn't my favourite, but I loved the main character and her friends, as well as the narration style of jumping between past and present scenes. I'm engaged to a trans woman, and while this book certainly does touch on a lot of important and relative topics it's important to keep in mind that a lot of it is fictionalized for ease of understanding (this is addressed directly by the author)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Outing, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual content, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Violence and Toxic friendship

Deals with a lot of realities of being a trans woman, includes details about

a suicide attempt, as well as a forced public outing resulting in bullying

. Major trigger warning for

attempted rape of the MC near the end of the novel, the attempted rapist's actions are described in detail

penguinsquack's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Transphobia, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Outing, and Dysphoria

babudarabu's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Outing

Moderate: Deadnaming, Homophobia, Sexual content, Violence, and Dysphoria

Minor: Mental illness, Blood, and Alcohol

jude7's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Outing, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Biphobia

Minor: Abortion