Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

If Only I Had Told Her by Laura Nowlin

8 reviews

laurenrestad's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

i sobbed. i did. i really did. i then cried four times. if i think about it, i cry. this series/ book broke me. i’m never going to be the same. sounds dramatic, but it’s heart breaking. i need, NEED, a version where

finny lives. him and autumn get married, see how he reacts to her pregnancy, and how his relationship is with his daughter.

i’m not okay after this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Child death, Pregnancy, Cursing, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

rchulin1's review

emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

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

4.0

This book is split up into three parts Finny’s, Jack’s, and lastly Autumn’s. I enjoyed seeing other perspectives but I wish we also got Sylvie’s or that we saw more of her in general I felt it would have matched the theme of healing this book has since she has a lot of healing to do herself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Vomit, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Self harm, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Child death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

_rubydodge's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Car accident, Death, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Medical content

abicaro17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

Jesus. Nowlin does it again. I legit cried the whole book. I can't even describe how horrible and amazing this book is. The book is divided into three parts between Finn, Jack, and Autumn. This gives us two additional insights we didn't have in the previous book and the story extends beyond the first book. It was a tad hard to follow in the beginning as I made the mistake of not reading the first book again but I don't feel like i'm missing all that much as it goes on. The chapters are shot enough that I dont feel like it drags but long enough that it feels like every chapter is detailed. I won't spoil it but good lord every bit of this book was so sad I was crying from page 25 till the end. Thank you so much to Laura Nowlin for finishing this series even when you said it was over! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcohol, Body horror, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Grief, Dysphoria, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Death, Abandonment, Cursing, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

fizzy_reads's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Death, Medical content, and Mental illness

gabriella_'s review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

2.5

Only Jack’s POV offered anything insightful otherwise this was a steaming pile of nothing. A lot of words to get at.. basically nothing, really

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Grief, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Infidelity, and Eating disorder

itstruly_flower's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Pregnancy, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Medical content

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, and Sexual content

destinynichole11's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Pregnancy, Blood, Car accident, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Cancer, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Medical trauma