Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Wir sind wild und wunderbar by Anita Kelly

14 reviews

bratlingling's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

4.5

Dieses Buch ist Schuld daran, dass ich vor Freude im sächsischen Regio geheult habe
Ich konnte es kaum aus der Hand nehmen, obwohl gar nicht so viel passiert ist. Die Charaktere sind mir so sehr ans Herz gewachsen dass ich sie boxen wollte wenn sie sich den Weg zum Glück verbaut haben. Und ich habe an dem Buch sehr geschätzt, dass es nicht nur eine wunderschöne Liebesgeschichte ist, sondern die Charaktere Raum für ihre Persönlichkeiten bekommen, eine Tiefe, die ihren Handlungen einen Sinn gibt. Neben der Romanze werden auch andere interessante Themen behandelt wie Religion, Selbstakzeptanz, Familie und nicht zuletzt das Wandern, dessen Ästhetik ich sehr genossen habe. Einer meiner liebsten queeren Romane bis jetzt (und auch in der deutschen Übersetzung nicht cringe, props hier an die Übersetzer*innen die wirklich gute Arbeit geleistet haben)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Outing

Minor: Toxic relationship, Blood, and Medical content

ashylibrarian's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring 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: Homophobia, Sexual content, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Toxic relationship and Dementia

mariposa517's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Grief, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Fatphobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, and Alcohol

daisy1_f's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Abandonment

Minor: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, and Religious bigotry

kshertz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

Okay officially love this author so much. Love and other disasters was amazing and how happy was I to see the characters again?. So. Happy. But really Ben and Alexei stole my heart. Not only did I read this in a day, but it made me cry. I can’t remember the last time a book made me cry. There is a trigger warning about being cut off from family and I knew it was coming but it still hit me hard. Found family means everything to me and the way this book validated that for me was beautiful. I had a hard time with the PCT trail and that they kept leaving it 😅 but that’s my own perfectionism I know. You won’t catch me on there. But this love story is achingly beautiful and relevant and I think everyone should read it. There’s also just enough smut to keep me happy. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual content, Medical content, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

sophieamreacher's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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

I read this in one sitting and stayed up till 4am to finish this. Absolutely beautiful book that made me smile, laugh, and cry. There’s just such a sense of joy, sadness, and healing. I loved the characters and I respected their decisions which ultimately just made them a healthier couple. Amazing book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Blood, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

heydebigale's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

This book filled a hole in my heart I was not even sure existed. Hiking, birds watching, learning to love yourself, and finding a new relationship with friends and also with god. This book was everything to me. 

CW: homophobia, abandonment, some medical content

This book is about Alexei who is hiking the pacific crest trail to process a faith crisis after coming out to and being shunned by his religious family.

If you are someone who has had a crisis of faith & are processing religious trauma, I would highly recommend this book.

I loved the way Anita Kelly portrayed Alexei’s crisis of faith. He still wanted to worship & be a part of a community of believers, but a new community that would not shun him. 

“does it count if the person they miss isn’t actually me?” 

I loved all of the birds in this book!! This is a bird watching romance and I cannot recommend it enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Abandonment

Moderate: Medical content

shelvesofivy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

From the moment I saw that one of the main characters was autistic, grew up in a homophobic environment, and left the religion that controlled his childhood, I knew that this book would throw a mirror at my face and punch me in the gut. And I was right! It did so in a way that was simultaneously beautiful and heartwrenching. I still don't truly have the words to describe how much of myself I saw in Alexei. Even though this was a romance, it felt like so much more. Even though this won't be the case for everyone who reads it, this story felt like healing, in a roundabout way. 
But of course, the romance itself was also lovely!! Whenever characters start falling for each other and mutually pining while being either oblivious and/or stubborn about it, I eat it up! And this delivered that in spades in at least the first half-ish of the book. 
I do have way more thoughts on this, but don't know how to articulate them. All I can really say is that this book has easily become one of my favorites ♡

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Sexual content, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

Minor: Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, and Dementia

on page f slur

imstephtacular's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Medical content, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Cursing, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Blood, Dementia, Outing, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

jazhandz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Sexual content

Moderate: Grief, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Dementia