Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

This is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel

35 reviews

ksilvio's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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? No

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Transphobia, Medical content, and Outing

acayton14's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Transphobia, Medical content, and Outing

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Gun violence, and Abortion

Minor: Misogyny, Sexual content, and Alcohol

plethora's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, and Outing

tomesandtea's review against another edition

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Self harm, Suicide, and Pregnancy

chelle22's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexism, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Dysphoria

mangofraiche's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Transphobia, and Medical content

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Self harm, Terminal illness, Violence, Excrement, Medical content, Outing, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

mariposa517's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Outing, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, and Alcohol

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

---

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

antidietleah's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-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? It's complicated

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gun violence, Hate crime, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia and Vomit

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.

---

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