Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes by Elissa R. Sloan

2 reviews

avabudavari's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Body shaming, Violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Physical abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Medical content

Minor: Vomit, Pregnancy, Outing, Cancer, Abortion, and Animal death

maggies's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

I had high hopes for this book, but I found it fell short of other similar novels about fame and its consequences, like Daisy Jones & The Six or The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo—maybe Taylor Jenkins Reid is just really good at that theme?
There was a lot to recommend it at the start, great writing and an interesting premise, but ultimately it lost its way pretty quickly. Perhaps because there was so much going on that none of it could actually be afforded the proper attention and care? Sure, that can be taken as a reflection of real life, but doesn't make for a particularly enjoyable book, in my opinion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Mental illness, Grief, Dysphoria, and Death

Moderate: Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Stalking, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, and Homophobia

Minor: Infidelity, Car accident, Fatphobia, Medical content, and Outing