Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Elämäni seinäruusuna by Stephen Chbosky

21 reviews

jasminrain's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

I've wanted to read this book for ages but I don't think I really ever understood how big of a cult classic it was and how big of an impact it has had on pop culture. It was fascinating to bump into phrases that I keep seeing and hearing all over social media that originated from this story. While it wasn't the most groundbreaking book I have ever read in my life, I think it would have been if I had read it fifteen years ago when I was still a teenager and topics that this book touched on were less explored in YA.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Homophobia, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcohol, Suicide, Pregnancy, Death, Bullying, Car accident, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Medical content

sleepyochre's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug use, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Car accident

violetbentbackwards1036's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Medical content, Sexual content, Grief, Rape, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Outing, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Suicide

laylawren's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Grief, Sexual violence, Drug use, Suicide, Sexual assault, Rape, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Outing, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Grief, Rape, Physical abuse, Misogyny, and Mental illness

Minor: Toxic friendship, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Incest, Abandonment, Car accident, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Hate crime, and Toxic relationship

leah08855's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Homophobia, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual content, Racism, and Medical content

readerreading234's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This is a really good book but a bit heavy at parts so just be prepared :) i hope you like(d) it as much as i did!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abortion, Alcoholism, Death, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Outing, Drug use, Drug abuse, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Rape, Addiction, Alcohol, Grief, Cursing, and Child death

Minor: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Medical content

shinjikostka's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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

5.0

And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Mental illness, Bullying, and Self harm

elanele's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Alcohol, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Drug use, Violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Pregnancy, Medical content, Sexual content, and Vomit

rory_john14's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual violence, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Child abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Alcohol, Grief, Misogyny, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Addiction, Drug use, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abortion, Car accident, Eating disorder, Medical content, Pregnancy, Incest, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Dementia, Emotional abuse, Racism, Vomit, Child death, Toxic friendship, and Bullying

elleisntabell's review against another edition

4.5

I did not expect to like this book, so the fact that I'm here giving it a 4 star that is closer to a 5 than it has any right to be is crazy. But it was good. Seriously.

There are aspects of it that I really don't like, aspects of it that feel outdated, but luckily nothing inherently malicious. Regardless, I think it's really great, and I can't quite express why.
I definitely acknowledge that it's not gonna work for everyone though.

I think the fact that Chbosky is primarily a screenwriter is really obvious. It gives this book a quality that I can't quite explain, but it is something that a really liked. 

Anyway, I can clearly not speak of this book in any way that isn't vague, so I'll end it here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, Alcohol, and Drug use

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual violence, Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Medical content, Sexual assault, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Pregnancy, and Racism

Minor: Pedophilia and Rape