Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

23 reviews

freckledfemale's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Medical trauma

kimmy0__0's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

I loved this book and loved the character Elizabeth Zott. This is a great representation of what women during that time frame and continue to struggle with in the world (certainty not to the same extent). There are great characters who steal your heart and you can't help but root for as they struggle through the ups and downs of life. I ADORED the chapters/insights from 6:30's perspective ❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Abandonment, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Grief, and Rape

Minor: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Cursing

vixenreader's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

Although a few things tie together in a nice bow, the strength of the cast of characters, especially our protagonist, and the themes of truth, change, and perseverance make this novel a crowd-pleaser. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Car accident, Grief, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Death, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, Police brutality, Abandonment, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Homophobia, and Cursing

Minor: Classism, Vomit, Infidelity, and Abortion

Be aware that there is discussions of marriage outside of wedlock, doubt in religion, bomb threats, and abuse of power in science, education, religious institutions, and television.

lady_sharp's review against another edition

funny informative fast-paced

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

3.75

Loved the chemistry cooking lessons, funny and fast-paced writing, main character who is clearly autistic but the writer doesn't know it was also a plus. The proselytizing for atheism, however, knocked off a star for me. It started as here and there but eventually expands to the point where it almost resembles a reverse PureFlix in how simplistic it's "atheism is the one true way and all religious people are either evil or stupid and the only good one is a secret atheist" moral was. I also found the supernaturally intelligent dog to be an odd inclusion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Suicide, Medical trauma, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Racism

beccaj11's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-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? Yes

4.5

Fast paced, excellent characters. A fascinating dive into being a woman in the 50s and in particular being a woman in STEM in the 50s. I really enjoyed the characters and each of their development. I didn’t necessarily like them all, but they had a lot of depth and felt like fully formed characters that I could offer compassion to and root for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Grief, Sexism, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Gaslighting, and Pregnancy

Minor: Medical trauma, Suicide, and Homophobia

ADDING ON TO CONTENT WARNING - SPOILER AHEAD

For anyone who has a lost a partner (or even just lost someone in a sudden way), the handling of the death of a significant character in this book was jarring and a bit callous. The way it was described fit the tone of the book and the way the characters would describe things. But there is a scene they describe of a funeral home employee forcing the character’s stiff body into a funeral suit and I found it very upsetting. Having lost someone recently, it felt a bit careless and unnecessarily cold.

sarahkillian16's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Rape, Car accident, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Death of parent, and Sexism

amberinbookland's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Grief, Rape, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Child abuse, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, and Fatphobia

kelleykamanda's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

This book was pretty good. Not my favorite but I can see why it got so much buzz. The talking dog parts were too much for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Pregnancy, Medical content, Death of parent, Grief, and Death

Minor: Suicide, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Vomit, and Abandonment

dystopia's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

I am in two minds with this book: as a work of fiction it is entertaining and easy to enjoy. But personally, I didn’t like the gender politics of the book and it took me out of the book too many times. I would categorise this book as a work of post feminism: a “look how far we’ve come” that diminishes how hard it still is under patriarchy. By Elizabeth in explicable having opinions and discourses from the 21st century it further contrasts the “look how bad things used to be and better now”. Two other things I felt odd: while the book was seemingly set in our universe I did not understand the point of the unrealistic intelligence of Madeline and (while extremely endearing) six thirty. The book left me with frustrations that I think will last longer to me than the enjoyment of the plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, Medical trauma, and Death

Minor: Rape

ejs2000's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Abandonment, Death, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Medical trauma, and Miscarriage