Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

How to Be a Normal Person by TJ Klune

6 reviews

0nyx_g's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I loved this book so much! The asexual representation was so sweet. The characters talk about what they want and there is consent from the first hug! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

marcel_thelobotomist's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

Absolutely hilarious and a very quick read. At some points, I refused to put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Grief

Content Warnings:

Death of a parent due to cancer, brief homophobia, light mentioned sexual content

hgunsch's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Drug use, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent

fanboyriot's review against another edition

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

3.0

Why would it end like that?!  I’m just going to assume the We Three Queens are poly lesbians until informed otherwise.

The book was good and the humor was really funny.  The phone calls with Mitzi and Mytzy (which why would their parents do that?!) had me laughing for a solid minute.

The negatives about this book were the slurs used.  They just made me uncomfortable when he brought up a slur for Romani people multiple times.

Asexual Rep

Lighthearted

Drag Queens

Neurodivergent MC

Heathy Relationship

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Cursing, Drug use, Racial slurs, and Grief

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Terminal illness, and Acephobia/Arophobia

kj468's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

5.0

It’s been a long time since a just made me feel happy, like purely, straightforwardly happy. And it’s not like I read a lot of angst, either; I genuinely have no interest in books that come with too many Big Sads or don’t have a HAE. But How to Be A Normal Person was unique because I don’t think there was a single moment I didn’t feel happy while I was reading it. Of course, I felt other emotions, too, but somehow, even during the peak of conflict, the predominant emotion was simply happy. Sure, sometimes it was complicated happiness, sometimes there was even sadness baked in, but it was always happy. In some ways, it felt like fanfic, because it’s rare for traditionally published media to focus so singularly on happiness and for drama to be so… nonthreatening. 

This book is funny and sweet and the ace rep was just *chefs kiss*. I’m pretty certain it will become a comfort reread for me (maybe with a special baked treat in the future 😉). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Drug use, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

innastholiel's review

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Terminal illness