Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian

5 reviews

mattyb's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Grief, Death, Hate crime, and Homophobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Medical trauma, Bullying, Islamophobia, Medical content, Outing, Police brutality, and Sexual content

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Vomit, and Violence

kikiareyoureading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Medical trauma, and Medical content

bootsmom3's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol and Death of parent

lexa's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

5.0

A beautiful, breathtaking story of love in all forms. The love of friends, first love, romantic love, family love, community love, self love, and of course love of Madonna. But it is also so much more. It is a lesson in how far we've come in some ways and how far we still have to go in others. From the Author's Note: "This book is an ode to the heroes and heroines of the AIDS movement, activists who saved lives". 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Death, and Homophobia

Moderate: Fatphobia, Racism, Grief, and Excrement

Minor: Blood, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Vomit, and Alcoholism

beckyann1110's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This book gave me a headache from sobbing so much, and not just because Michael Crouch (who also narrated The Great Believers) was part of the audiobook cast and seems to have a shortcut straight to my feelings. While the book description is accurate, it's truly much more. Highly recommended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Homophobia, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness