Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

150 reviews

ashaberstroh's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma and Abortion

ksilvio's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Mental illness, Racism, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, and Classism

franklola's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Minor: Death, Car accident, Abortion, and Death of parent

sdub1996's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Misogyny, Racism, Medical trauma, and Abortion

leahlovesloslibros's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.5

This story is based on some real-life horrific events, specifically the forced sterilization of black girls and women in the 1960s and 1970s. the While I found the topic of this book to be something that more people should know about, I didn't particularly like the way this story was written by this author. The main character was quite insufferable as she was written, but getting hers and other characters' stories out is important. There is a lot of strong social commentary surrounding abuse of minority populations, especially BIPOC (Tuskegee Syphilis Study, forced sterilization). Finally, the ending was very disappointing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Classism

Moderate: Mental illness and Death of parent

Additional TW/CW: poverty, post-partum depression, forced sterilization

anniesher23's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Racism, Sexism, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, and Abortion

Minor: Death of parent

lillygm's review against another edition

emotional informative sad fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Medical trauma

sarah_speaks's review against another edition

emotional informative 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Infertility, Racism, Sexism, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Classism

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Cancer

jessicalarson125's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Classism

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Cancer and Car accident

dblue236's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

Trigger warnings: Racism, pregnancy, sterilization of children, brief insinuations of child abuse. 

I passed on this book a couple years ago when I had the opportunity to choose it from Book of the Month, and then it recently showed up in my Little Free Library so I took it as a sign that I should give it a chance. I'm so glad I did. It's easily one of the most moving books I've read so far this year, and while it was often heartbreaking, it also left me feeling inspired and uplifted by the time it was over. The characters felt real, and learning at the end that the book was actually loosely based on true events felt like being punched in the gut. I cannot wait to pick up more from this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Racism, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, and Death of parent