Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

This is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel

4 reviews

the_true_monroe's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Outing, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Blood, and Abortion

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Classism

1quillb's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.75

This only thing that prevents me from rating this 5 stars is the (annoyingly) heavy emphasis placed upon keeping Poppy’s identity a secret—I didn’t, and continue to not, understand why not telling everyone that she’s trans is an issue. But seeing as this is written by the mother of a trans kid, I guess I can understand why it focused so much on the effects of “hiding” her identity. I just don’t personally see how it could be a problem.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Medical content, and Outing

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, Blood, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Dysphoria

dalek_caan's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

This book put me through a lot of emotions. That's really all I have to say. It was so good and really well told.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Outing, and Dysphoria

Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

otterspond's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective slow-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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Homophobia, and Pregnancy