Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

You're Welcome, Universe by Whitney Gardner

7 reviews

anjh's review

adventurous challenging funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

this book was good but not amazing. to be very honest i thought i would like it more than i did but that’s okay- it was still good. i think the thing i appreciated most about this book other than the Deaf main character is the graffiti artworks- they were genuinely amazing. i tend to enjoy more the books that i relate to the main characters and share their thoughts and personalities and just felt like i couldn’t really with Julia. i did very much like her response to fatph*bia tho, that was very cool. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body shaming, Police brutality, Eating disorder, Chronic illness, Mental illness, and Violence

Minor: Self harm, Physical abuse, and War

the_harlequin's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Eating disorder

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

fairy_internet's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Ableism, and Body shaming

Minor: Eating disorder

annamorgan27's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Ableism

Minor: Eating disorder

notsobinaryart's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Bullying and Eating disorder

Minor: Homophobia and Toxic friendship

rayraymakay's review

emotional informative reflective fast-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

3.75

This is the first book I have read where the main character is d/Deaf and the dialogue reflects that. The ending was a bit abrupt and there are some circumstances that were not believable and took me out of the book. Overall, a wonderful book about a friendship and a love of art.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Ableism and Bullying

sappho's review

funny informative medium-paced

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

5.0

I really loved this book it surprised me! We read this for the book club I run at the library.

the VINDICATION i felt when i was right about who the skeleton artist was... iconic. I thought the bully "redemption" moment was a lot better done than most books I've read and the parallels between KFS/YP and YP/Julia and the significance of the skeleton graffiti once I knew about her eating disorder... MUCH 2 think abt

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Minor: Misogyny and Homophobia