Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

El Deafo by Cece Bell

9 reviews

tangleroot_eli's review against another edition

hopeful informative medium-paced

A great look at the challenges of being a deaf child in the US in the mid-'70s, and of the struggles of being a kid in general.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Toxic friendship, Medical content, and Vomit

Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness

annagrace43's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Cultural appropriation, and Medical content

Moderate: Blood, Toxic friendship, and Bullying

princessblueyes's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism and Toxic friendship

wad3mil3sgarru2's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism and Toxic friendship

Minor: Vomit, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

em_the_wallflower's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Vomit

Moderate: Toxic friendship

ro_lux's review against another edition

funny informative fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Bullying, Ableism, and Vomit

Minor: Toxic friendship

blombern's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Vomit, Ableism, and Blood

midnightverde's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

I loved this middle grades graphic novel. Cece gets sick when she is younger and loses her hearing. This alone makes it a must read in my opinion. There aren’t enough books that have deaf main characters, especially from a semi-biographical perspective. It’s important to me to read more about the struggles and successes of people all kinds of people. I will share this book with my children when they’re around 9. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

Moderate: Bullying, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

bookishlybecca's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Ableism, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Vomit