Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven

7 reviews

chelseeaa's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring 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

2.5

Reading 'Holding up the Universe' was a challenge. Keeping track of the characters, why so many? And the pacing - so slow and predictable. I'm unsure why there were so many different characters. Was it an attempt for us to relate to Jack's prosopagnosia? I'm unsure. Also, some of the scenes with Libby were cringeworthy in themselves. I found the characters had zero chemistry and felt as if they were forced to end up together. I had previously read and loved 'All the Bright Places,' so this book was lacking in comparison. I finished the book feeling dissatisfied and disappointed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, and Injury/Injury detail

milakzm's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

3.5

fat girl + face blind boy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Bullying, Fatphobia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

booksandbabble's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Grief, Bullying, and Death of parent

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

annahamburger's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Fatphobia, Bullying, Chronic illness, Ableism, Body shaming, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

mirandap442's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cursing

Minor: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic friendship

icarusandthesun's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful relaxing fast-paced

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

2.0

Better to be the hunter than the hunted. Even if you're hunting yourself."

Jennifer Niven's writing style is THE BEST. fast-paced, very short chapters. it just keeps you going. i loved All the Bright Places a lot, so i had extremely high hopes for this one.

and i wasn't disappointed, but neither was i particularly ecstatic. the characters were fine i guess, but sadly pretty black-and-white if you look past their main conflicts - jack's prosopagnosia and libby's weight struggles. this felt dangerously much like a self-help book, with positive affirmations and all that every other page. got repetitive pretty quickly, same as their struggles and complaints.
so many plot points also felt straight-up useless - jack building a robot for his brother, libby and the damsels. tenacious fillers where there should've been more plot, more substance, more struggles.

10/10 for the writing, 4/10 for the content (because of the plus-size representation and the quite informative subject of prosopagnosia).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Fatphobia, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, and Violence

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Kidnapping

jessicohen15's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.0

Warm and heartfelt story of two teenagers dealing with their own issues: fatphobia and not recognizing peoples faces. Really good story, easy read, and fun descriptions!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Dysphoria, Alcohol, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Violence