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chasingpages1's review
- 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
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Medical content, and Mental illness
Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
Minor: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol
amberinpieces'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
3.75
Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Ableism, Alcohol, Body shaming, Mental illness, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Sexual assault
emily_mh'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? No
4.0
Rep: Peruvian-American MC with hip dysplasia, Mexican-American LI with depression, Peruvian-American SCs, sapphic SC, Black sapphic SC, Japanese-American SC, Native American genderqueer SC
Graphic: Sexual assault
Moderate: Medical content, Racism, Xenophobia, Ableism, Sexism, Cursing, and Body shaming
Minor: Fatphobia, Deportation, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Drug use, Alcohol, and Child death
NB: the graphic warning for sexual assault is not because the sexual assault occurs graphically on page, but because it is a prominent theme throughout the book. Minor: suicidal ideation, heternormativity, cisnormativitychronicacademia'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? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Sexism, Medical trauma, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Medical content, Alcohol, Sexual assault, and Mental illness
caseythereader's review
- 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
4.25
- BREATHE AND COUNT BACK FROM TEN is a gorgeous book. It tackles so many topics, from immigration to ableism, and never feels overstuffed.
- This book really digs in to how disabled people are often treated as if they are not the experts on their own bodies. Verónica spends so much time telling adults what she is capable of, and they continue to try to make decisions about her body without her.
Graphic: Alcohol, Medical content, Ableism, and Body shaming
Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Racism
imstephtacular's review
- 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
4.25
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Medical content, Ableism, and Medical trauma
Minor: Sexism, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts