Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

4 reviews

kibiiiariii's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Classism, Drug use, Bullying, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Car accident, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Confinement, Alcohol, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Dementia, and Rape

vanadiumbean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Transphobia

Moderate: Antisemitism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Racism, and Suicide

Minor: Addiction, Chronic illness, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

darkmattersoybean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-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: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Blood, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Outing, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Violence, and Vomit

nicnevin's review against another edition

dark inspiring tense medium-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

A vital book for any queer person or for anyone who is an ally. It is hard to read at times but I saw myself reflected in those pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Dementia, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Outing, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, and Vomit