Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney

4 reviews

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I ended up liking this more than I thought I would. The characters were endearing, they had excellent development, and the conflict worked well to propel the plot forward.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racial slurs, Racism, Outing, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

challenging emotional lighthearted 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

3.5

Wow. This may be one of the best YA books I have ever read. This is marketed as YA but I really appreciate the author for making this more adult and not treating the characters like children in a way where these characters are going through some really tough things, navigating racism and being bullied at school. The characters felt so real, their character development felt so genuine. 

This book I feel needs more hype, more people need to read this important book about racism as a young person and handling falling out of friendships, processing aging grandparents and the pain of them losing their memories, parents fighting and maybe not having the healthiest relationship. Those are a lot of things that kids go through and are real things teen have to deal with. I thought this author did such an amazing job balancing all of these moments and walking us through as the characters are processing and walking out all of this too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

maymoo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

I literally could not put it down

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Racism

nan_1765's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-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

Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Dementia, and Toxic friendship