Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

The Miseducation of Cameron Post Movie Tie-In Edition by Emily M. Danforth

18 reviews

quinn24's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

 This was a reread, I read this when I was 14 and it was the first book with a lesbian main character that I ever read. In hindsight it probably shouldn’t have been but what are you gonna do? This was very emotional, all the characters are complex and feel very human, even the characters I hated I couldn’t help but feel a connection to. I think it did a really good job of being nuanced when it came to the issue of conversion therapy. It shows how harmful it is, even in the small ways, even when you don’t believe what they’re teaching you. It allowed the characters to be angry and to hurt but it also acknowledges that the people doing this harm genuinely believe that they are doing the right thing and that they are saving their souls. It’s a very fine thing to balance, to be able to acknowledge all of these things but not seem like you’re excusing them and I thought it was done really well. There are some coming-of-age YA cliches of course, and I noticed that the tense was a little funny in some places because it’s supposed to be that Cameron is telling the story from later on in her life. But overall it was very good and I know a lot of people hate the ending but I personally loved it. It made me cry so.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Outing, Transphobia, Alcohol, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident, Sexism, Sexual content, and Vomit

Minor: Cancer, Adult/minor relationship, and Bullying

alex_paget's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cancer

mooandshoe's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Outing, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Car accident, Cancer, and Suicide attempt

noa_27moony's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-paced

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

5.0

i thought i was gonna have a hard time reading this book but i really enjoyed it and think it's an important story, very authentic (as far as i can tell) and also fascinating to me, who has very little knowledge of any kind of religious stuff especially christianity 
it was at times hard to read because it covers heavy topics and uses slurs that are authentic to the time but still made me wince sometimes but i think that's a personal experience 
i also found it interesting how even though objectively ruth and rick and lydia seem like people you would hate for what they've done but they're described so human it makes it kinda hard sometimes 
great book would definitely recommend

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Cancer and Self harm

jomarie's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, Religious bigotry, Self harm, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Biphobia, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

hanathemah's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Self harm, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, and Death

diana_blackmoon's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual content, Blood, Body horror, and Cancer

Minor: Ableism, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, and Mental illness

katejuniper's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Cancer