Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

High School by Tegan Quin, Sara Quin

5 reviews

tostita's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Homophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Vomit, and Outing

Minor: Eating disorder

richy_qu33r_readzz's review against another edition

informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

A different telling than the tv show or graphic novel, and likely the truest account. Very teens in the 90’s. I really enjoyed the last bit where their career is starting. 
It’s great to see 90’s queer stories and the mental hoops we jumped through to avoid labels. Reminds me to have compassion for people that are going through that now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Eating disorder, Sexual content, Vomit, and Outing

kpwxx's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Homophobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Violence, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Biphobia, Confinement, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Alcohol

finesilkflower's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

4.0

Tegan and Sara Quin both have a similar prose style that is at times flowery but emotionally honest, and effective at evoking of the highs and lows teenagerhood: the joy of creation and of falling in love; the fraught relationship between sisters; the heartache of breakups; the excitement of exploring music, drugs, and sex; the stuck suburban longing for something more. This book does not paint this time period in a rosy way - the Quins have not forgotten the turmoil and confusion of leaving the nest and not knowing how things will turn out - but other former teen 1990s alternative lesbians will find recognition in the music references and perfectly remembered moments of queer becoming. I think at times that the authors are a little too allergic to nostalgia, tempering all their past moments of triumph and joy with present-day weary warnings about how it won't last and how their past selves don't know how much difficulty they have ahead of them, and a little more leaning into the positive might have made the book feel more balanced and less dreary.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use and Homophobia

Minor: Violence and Vomit