Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman

128 reviews

lizzielulu3's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

I'm not going to just sit and wait for things to change anymore.  I'm changing things. I'm doing what I want for once.

It's hard to explain in words how touching this story was for me. Not many books dive into the complexities of being lost in life, or not understanding or even knowing the direction you're going in. More importantly, not many books explain like this one does, that all those complexities and feelings are totally normal and okay to experience. "I Was Born For This" spoke to me on so many levels. I saw a part of me in every single character. Oseman accomplished much more than a written story: She's helped people make peace with their inner struggles, and reminded them that they're heading in the direction that is right for them in life, even if they don't have it all figured out just yet. Because nobody truly knows what they're doing in life, and

"Maybe it just takes seventy years to get the hang of being alive."

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Injury/Injury detail

aliyas_encanto's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Interesting concept, I related a lot as a former (vaguely current) fangirl. I really apprec ated the diverse representation and appreciated that those aspects were not tokenized. However the story itself got much darker than I thought and I was not really prepared for that based on the description. The ending wrapped up much too quickly and would have loved a little more time with the characters, but I like that the author left a hopeful possible future for the main characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, and Homophobia

saomah5566's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Transphobia, Adult/minor relationship, and Outing

laurensgaylife's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Minor: Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Outing

ciara_donohue's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Transphobia

Minor: Death of parent and Homophobia

quinniantheduck's review against another edition

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Suicidal thoughts

fairy_internet's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Cursing, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Stalking, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Transphobia, Outing, Death, and Medical content

micaelacccc's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcoholism

kai_okay's review against another edition

inspiring reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Transphobia

bookgodz's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

This was a well-written, emotional, and overall AMAZING book. I learned a lot from the topics and themes, and apart from it being an enriching, irresistible story, it brought light to so many things I'm glad I can think about now. Excellent read, definitely recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cursing, Addiction, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts