Reviews tagging 'Grief'

I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman

17 reviews

torikate7's review

challenging dark emotional sad 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

I think this book did an excellent job of capturing the teenage experience of being obsessed with a band/artist/celebrity, and examining the nuances and impact that celebrity status can really have on a person’s life and mental health. Honestly it captured those  things so well that it was almost a little hard/uncomfortable to read sometimes. I think it’s an important story, though, and would bring up good discussions, especially among a teen audience. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Grief, Stalking, Blood, and Cursing

Minor: Transphobia

innastholiel's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abandonment, Deadnaming, Drug use, Sexual content, Death, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, and Grief

this_is_lee's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective tense 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? Yes

5.0

This book absolutely blew me away. It was nothing like what I expected, which was refreshing. I’ve never been horribly interested into fame/celebrity storylines but Alice crafted this so incredibly beautifully that I couldn’t not enjoy every minute. It has a slow start that snowballs into some breathtaking twists. 
I found this book to be so important because of the representation. Angel is a hijabi Muslim and Jimmy is not only a famous singer but is also a Transgender Christian. Reading through the perspective of these two characters came to be quite insightful. Everyone felt 3-dimensional and had real and relevant struggles. 
Overall, I learned a lot while reading this book in addition to enjoying the hell out of it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Grief, and Sexual content

clairew97's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death, Grief, Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, and Panic attacks/disorders

hannahrogers's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Addiction, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

Moderate: Medical content, Outing, Eating disorder, and Abandonment

Minor: Death, Drug abuse, Outing, Transphobia, Death of parent, Excrement, Grief, Bullying, and Drug use

the_othersidewv's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

3.75

No fue para nada lo que me esperaba, ESO ME PASA POR NO LEER ANTES LAS SINOPSIS BWKDDJDJ

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Grief, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

bexh's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• 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: Blood, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, and Violence