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Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'
The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet by Jake Maia Arlow
6 reviews
coffeeandprose's review
emotional
funny
inspiring
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Amazing - my 11yo has never felt so seen!!! Middle school, Crohn's, queer crushes and friendship ups and downs...we both loved it :)
Moderate: Excrement, Medical content, and Chronic illness
internationalreads's review
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Excrement, Chronic illness, and Blood
Minor: Abandonment
teeclecticreads's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Chronic illness and Blood
mel_muses's review against another edition
emotional
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
So glad this book exists and I hope it finds the kids who need it! A heartfelt portrayal of being a queer preteen with a chronic illness <33
Graphic: Chronic illness, Excrement, and Medical content
caseythereader's review against another edition
emotional
funny
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? No
4.25
Graphic: Blood, Chronic illness, Excrement, and Medical content
lunmione's review
5.0
as a jewish lesbian with anxiety and crohn's disease this book means everything to me. the crohn's disease aspect alone would have made me cry as literally no one writes fiction about it (at the very least in a compassionate light) but the additional bonus of everything else makes me feel like this book was written just with me in mind.
Graphic: Chronic illness, Excrement, and Medical content
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