Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Wonder by R.J. Palacio

32 reviews

steph_w_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Medical content, and Dysphoria

Minor: Animal death and Injury/Injury detail

fromjuliereads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-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

This book was adorable and wonderful and I teared up so many times but like happy tears for quite a few of them 😅 the characters are just so wonderful - and of course some of them are just awful but we don't want to focus on them. I laughed out loud so many times at these character's jokes! Such a good read with important messages!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Medical content, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, and Animal death

Minor: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Classism, and Death

bailee_c's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content and Bullying

mandi4886's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, and Bullying

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Toxic friendship and Violence

morganperks's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Ableism, Body shaming, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Medical content, Emotional abuse, Animal death, and Violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Grief

luluslittlelibrary's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.0

bodyThis is one of my favorites from elementary school, so I decided to go back and re-read it. It's still great, I don't love it as much as I did as a nine-year-old, but that is to be expected. I'd definitely recommend this one (especially if you are looking for a book to read as a family because although it is a middle-grade book, it is still interesting and worth reading for adults. it also teaches great lessons about acceptance that would be great to talk about as a family or in a classroom)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Body shaming, Animal death, Medical content, and Grief

gaby_inz's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

i did not like the attitude of august when via was facing problems :|  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Medical content, Emotional abuse, and Bullying

Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

rayne_1906's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted slow-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

3.25

 2 hours 12 minutes - This book was fine, an easy to read, feel-good story, focusing on real-life prejudices and struggles. Some parts feel very observational and are very well done, such as the introduction to part two, Via’s story, where you realise you as the reader has done the exact thing everyone else in her life has already done. However, other parts, just seemed pointless. Justin’s story was almost unreadable with the lack of speech marks and capital letters, and didn’t really add anything to the story. Summer’s part also felt a little pointless, although I enjoyed Jack’s part. The first half of the book felt truer than the second, as an ‘action’ based scene is written but feels forced just to add a bit of excitement. So overall, this book was okay, I liked some parts of it and the overall message, but I didn’t like other parts and the way they were written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Body shaming, and Animal death

Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, and Medical content

naomirulzok's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Animal death and Ableism

corrieinthehouse's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Medical content