Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Heart Principle – L'ipotenusa dell'amore by Helen Hoang

185 reviews

kellyofcali's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

This book was a delight of a romance - the romance itself was wonderful, yes, but so was the wraparound plot and characters, including their fears and anxieties, their neurodiversity, their joy and warmth. A really wonderful and well-written romance novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

Minor: Emotional abuse

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

bookcasey's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Cancer, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Classism

Minor: Sexual harassment

midge_x's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Helen Hoang writes in a way that is both informative and captivating. I originally picked up the The Love Quotient as someone who loves romcoms and maths and thought “aw this looks cute” but came away wanting more. The Bride Test is no different. Exploring the autism spectrum in such a way that you learn whilst falling in love with the characters. As someone who has close friends on the spectrum, I can wholeheartedly say that this has helped me to understand them even more. Anna and Quan are truly characters to fall in love with and I’ve come away from this booking excited to read more. Maybe sister Vy can be next?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Emotional abuse

internationalreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

lillianreadsalot's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

ollie_again's review against another edition

 DNF at 71% I just can't deal with it. CW: 

gaslighting, caretaking for a family member who's paralyzed and nonverbal at that point, infantilization of said person by his own daughter, mentions and brief conversations about infertility and cancer

I'm sorry but I just cannot finish this. I wanted to get to the happy ending and maybe I'll finish it someday but reading it in one go got me angry, frustrated, sick to my stomach, nauseous, and possibly caused me an anxiety attack. I was prepared that this is not a fluffy nice read like the previous books in the trilogy, but I was not prepared for the contents. I heard that it deals with Anna finding out she's autistic and dealing with that, I haven't heard a mention about the caretaking aspect of this book, which takes most of the story and is quite detailed. And traumatizing to read about.

On top of that, Julien, Anna's not-quite-ex is as gross as they come, gaslighting and manipulative, and while sure he can be all that, Anna's family standing behind him the whole time, twisting the words and situations they haven't witnessed and manipulating Anna because they like him for her, is too much for me to handle and I just can't. I hated pretty much every character in the story except from the two MCs and those from the previous books.

I don't mind harder reads, but I didn't sign up for this. I still enjoyed Helen Hoang's writing and will pick up her next book, but The Heart Principle feels like a book from a different series and genre altogether. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Medical content, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer, Infertility, and Infidelity

buttermellow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Infertility and Panic attacks/disorders

angelsbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Medical content, and Death of parent

naoewald's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Quan is the new loml <3.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer