Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

True Biz by Sara Nović

35 reviews

caseythereader's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Car accident, Racism, Alcohol, Grief, Medical content, Cursing, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Sexual content

aklovekorn's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Ableism, Alcohol, Drug use, Medical trauma, Dementia, and Cursing

Moderate: Death of parent, Car accident, Grief, Bullying, Religious bigotry, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Racism, and Sexual content

Minor: Child death

kimveach's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

True Biz is a fascinating story of a deaf school, its students, and its principal.  I learned so much about the struggles within the deaf community regarding cochlear implants, American Sign Language, and how to best educate a child.  The decisions parents must make with a newly diagnosed hearing impaired baby were heartbreaking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Classism, Cursing, Child abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Car accident, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

cranewife's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Ableism, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Sexual content

lacey_wi's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Dementia, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment

fanchera's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cursing, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Death of parent, and Cultural appropriation

cozyreadsandcoffee's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

I think this should be required reading for everyone to understand the struggles of the deaf community. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Dementia, Gore, Bullying, Hate crime, Terminal illness, Torture, Murder, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Grief, Toxic relationship, Child death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Drug use, Car accident, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Cursing, Death, Racism, Violence, and Classism

saucywench813's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

This book was an amazing insight into the Deaf community and brought up various topics such as bodily autonomy. I do have my qualms, however. The ending felt strange (with I'm not faulting the book for, I'm just not used to open-ended stories), and I didn't like Slash and his goons as characters and didn't see how they were relevant. I also felt that the issue with February's marriage was never resolved and didn't like how the book tried to make the Charlie-Austin-Slash relationship polyamorous when Charlie never once talked about it with either guy beforehand. I fully fault the book and not the character for that as she wasn't really dating Slash, but I do have a problem with it as it feels like the book is trying to justify cheating by saying "it's just polyamory" when it's not. Not to mention that I don't like how the book handles Wanda because it seems like it was trying to say that Mel was being unreasonable in her jealousy just because Wanda was married to a man. Bi erasure alert, marrying a guy doesn't make Wanda straight and it wasn't unreasonable for Mel to ahve an issue with their relationship.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Ableism, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Racism

includes a "faith healing" where

a kid's mom has pastors try to "heal" his Deafness by pouring oils in his ear that leave a scar on his face

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Cursing, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Drug use, Dementia, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Car accident, and Murder

haleysversion's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Religious bigotry, Ableism, Car accident, Child abuse, Drug use, Vomit, Sexual content, Grief, Cursing, Death of parent, Dementia, and Medical trauma