Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

5 reviews

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Gun violence, Dementia, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Sexual content, Gore, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Cursing, Death, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Toxic friendship

books4bee's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Infertility, Death of parent, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Cancer, Drug use, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Cursing

parton4proletariat's review against another edition

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

5.0

heart-wrenchingly beautiful 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Chronic illness, Death, and Pregnancy

davidrb's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

My only criticism of the book is that I wish it was longer. Unfortunately, I just wanted more of it! Some parts felt a little underdeveloped, but it was masterfully done even for how short it was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Drug use, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Racism, Racial slurs, and Sexual content

ldandridge's review

emotional reflective 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

4.0

The writing is poetic and emotional, much like Another Brooklyn. The many different perspectives and constant shifting of time and place made it a bit disorienting in a way (not always in a bad way), but because of the breadth it seemed too short to accomplish all that needed to be said

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, and Death

Minor: Abortion, Cancer, Chronic illness, Medical content, and Physical abuse