Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Birthday by Meredith Russo

11 reviews

vagaybond's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Homophobia, Misogyny, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Racism, Suicide, Addiction, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Cancer, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

howard's review against another edition

5.0

with the YA i've been reading lately it's easy to forget how brutal life can be in high school. this is hard hitting and doesn't pull any punches but at the same time is incredibly tender and sweet. i cried tears of pure joy when Morgan comes out to Eric and his perception of her immediately shifts. i really liked the time constraint of the book and only seeing them once a year, how things need time to change. G-d i wanna hug these kids.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Physical abuse, Dysphoria, Homophobia, and Domestic abuse

jojoliest's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Violence, and Suicide attempt

withlivjones's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? No

3.5

A book about growing up and finding yourself. I loved the development of both Morgan and Eric’s characters, and I thought the dual POV was very well done. Their relationship as it evolves from friendship into romance felt really authentic as well. The only issue I had was that the pacing sped up quite a bit during the last two sections, with everything being resolved pretty quickly after such a long time spent on developing all the conflicts in the plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Violence

phantastic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

Intensely raw and emotional. This book deals with serious topics with the care and realism that they deserve.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, and Transphobia

Minor: Blood

elllav's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

4.0

tearing up over pronouns rn :')

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Physical abuse, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Alcoholism

fanboyriot's review against another edition

emotional 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

The book on it’s own was about a 4.5 ⭐️ rating.  The trans rep was so good and the plot line of how both Morgan and Eric changed each year was really cute.  The book was heartbreaking at times, the numb feeling of not being able to see your future all too relatable, seeing Morgan at her lows and fight to get to a place where she got her happy ending.  I really liked it and read it in one sitting.

Having said that it’s a low rating because of the author alone.  I didn’t know it when I picked up the book but after reading reviews and the links to articles I don’t feel comfortable supporting the author.  Call it cancel culture all you want but abuse is abuse at the end of the day and I don’t feel comfortable separating the author from her work.

Switching POV
Trans (mtf) MC
Friends to Lovers
Angst with a Happy Ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Alcoholism, Transphobia, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Cursing

Minor: Death of parent and Vomit

kathrinellis's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective 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

there’s nothing I would change about the way this touching story is told!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Outing, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

redbookpanda's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.0

This is a hard book to review. Not just because of the topic, but also because of the author. 
Before thinking about picking up this book, readers should definitely look at the list of trigger warnings because the list in the book was not detailed enough in my opinion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Transphobia

whatsjessreading's review

challenging emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Transphobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, and Violence