Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me by Keah Brown

9 reviews

gattolinos_nerdy_nook's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

This memoir focuses a lot on the industry of film and entertainment and how they show society standards and versions of people that fit nicely into boxes, but in reality people cannot be placed into just one box. These boxes lead us to create images in our mind of what is beautiful and pretty often leaving out groups of people, with the focus of for this book being disable people.

Keah Browns tells her story of how this and other aspects of her life have changed and influenced who she is today and the perspective of the world she lives in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Ableism, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Grief and Death

lbelow's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.25

This is an engaging set of essays from an author that makes me wish she gets every opportunity she dreams of—that place in the writer's room of a TV show, romantic love...to be honest, after reading this book, I feel like she deserves a starring role in a romantic comedy like the ones she loves to watch. Keah Brown is so relatable, funny, honest, humble. This essay collection, spanning topics ranging from music and movies to internalized ableism and suicidal ideation, is a treat. Read it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Ableism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, and Racism

emilyhv's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Ableism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Grief

Moderate: Medical content and Racism

leahkarge's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Death, Self harm, Ableism, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Racism, and Toxic friendship

internationalreads's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Racism, Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Death, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

3.5

A lot of this was social justice and disability justice 101. The essays were ok, but I think I would have liked them more if I were younger. I appreciate the work that went into this book and the messages within it, however. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Grief, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Medical content, Mental illness, and Racism

Minor: Misogyny, Police brutality, Sexism, Slavery, Toxic friendship, and Transphobia

questingnotcoasting's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Grief

litlistening's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Eating disorder, Grief, Self harm, and Bullying

fionac326's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Grief, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts