Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

46 reviews

myfriendthatcanread's review

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Suicide attempt

areadingstan's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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

This was a really beautiful story. Williams crafted the character of Queenie, her family and friends so well and managed to somehow find a balance between comedy and seriousness within Queenie's story, as she must traverse many changes, racism in every day life, generational differences in family, trials of friendship and dating, and her own mental health issues.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma

strudel_doodle's review

funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Miscarriage, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Domestic abuse and Police brutality

littledevonnook's review

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Medical content

izzywoo's review

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Medical content

tashadandelion's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This is a heart-breaking but ultimately hopeful tale of a young woman coming to terms with her self-loathing and its origins and making every effort to claw her way back from the edge of self-obliteration. At once a condemnation of present-day sexual predation practices by men and an indictment of the racism running through it, it's foremost a story of self-awareness's awakening. Queenie, a 2nd generation Jamaican-Englishwoman, has a good job she's worked hard to get, but as she slowly realizes she's lost her comfortable, kind, long-term white boyfriend, Tom, she spirals out of control

with non-stop meaningless and damaging one-night stands during which she's treated poorly and objectified not just as a set of convenient orifices, but also as someone deserving abusive, dismissive treatment due to her ethnicity. In time she begins to unravel and it is only with the help of a persistent therapist, stalwart friends, and a caring family that she puts on the brakes and begins the painful process of learning to love and value herself.

I know it's not the done thing these days to reject casual sex as a way of life (in a world where Tinder is considered normal), but this novel does an excellent and painful job of taking the rose-colored glasses off of that practice and exposing it to the harsh light of truth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Medical trauma