Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

If He Had Been with Me by Laura Nowlin

10 reviews

cottagecorereads's review

emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Medical content, Pregnancy, Self harm, Alcohol, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

vibingandy's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

cheesy in an almost endearing way. reminds me of the finale song from hadestown in the way they structured the story. could not put it down

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Grief, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Self harm, Pregnancy, Vomit, Rape, Death, and Medical content

sunny_not's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

If the ending was not the stupidest ending that I have ever read this book could've been a 4 star read;however, although I really enjoyed the book till the 75% mark I really disliked how the author wrapped up the story. It felt like there were too many loose ends and

her getting pregnant does not tie the story in my opinion

So this book ended up being a meh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Alcohol, Car accident, and Death

sldibened's review

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Medical content, Death, Alcohol, and Self harm

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

This was a solid read. It did a little too much hinting-to-the-end for me. Like I did read the beginning, friend. I know that we're headed somewhere traumatic, so I don't need a trillion reminders. But I did like that it captured the absolute messiness of high school and emotions and families. Felt a bit like it trailed off after the climax - like the end wasn't as strong. May read this author again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Pregnancy, Grief, Infidelity, Car accident, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child death, Death, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood

jlyles_177's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

What was that ending. I read this book to cry and it worked but I still regret it. I just feel numb rn. I will be experiencing a book hangover for a few days after this. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, and Mental illness

Minor: Self harm, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Suicide attempt

thebookpaiges's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Blood, Abortion, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Sexual content, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual assault

layla_reads2411's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad 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

5.0

I don’t know how to feel right now. Just omg this book! Then ending! I can’t just why did that have to happen. I’m not okay after that. This book was so good, and the characters are all very relatable and awesome. The writing is amazing and that ending was insane!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

Minor: Mental illness, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Grief, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Vomit

julienicole1106's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Medical content, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Death, Vomit, Alcohol, Bullying, and Car accident

Minor: Child death and Miscarriage

sydneyluxford's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

2.0

Oh, my God. I am absolutely distraught. That ending really got me, man. After I finished it, I genuinely felt like I had to throw up.

THEY DESERVED SO MUCH BETTER AND I FELT SO BAD FOR FINNY. HE WAITED SO LONG FOR HER BUT OF COURSE MOTHER NATURE HAD OTHER PLANS.

I can’t lie, I couldn’t really 100% connect to these characters, no matter how relatable I found them. I found it hard to root for Autumn and Finny, when for 80% of the book they were with different people. I also felt like everything between Autumn and Finny was pretty surface level from what we were given, and we just had to trust when the author said they had this unbreakable connection since they were younger. It was all tell and no show. There was too much insight on her friends and boyfriend instead of the actual aspect of the book, but I do appreciate the turns and foreshadowing. Every conversation between Autumn and Finny was very basic and not much of each personality was coming out and it really frustrated me because I was really looking forward to reading this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Car accident, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming