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True Biz by Sara Nović

10 reviews

lovealwaysadi's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Dementia, Ableism, Alcohol, Car accident, Chronic illness, Classism, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Grief, and Racism

Minor: Infidelity and Sexual content

marissab's review

emotional funny hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Ableism, Alcohol, Car accident, Dementia, Medical content, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Drug use, Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Police brutality, Classism, Cursing, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Bullying

oliverreeds's review

emotional funny hopeful 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? No

4.5

fuckin excellent. just some of the kids behavior is a little like huh?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Ableism, Alcohol, Racism, Religious bigotry, Body shaming, Death of parent, Drug use, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual content, Violence, Bullying, Car accident, and Pregnancy

ohheyitskaitlin's review

emotional funny hopeful informative sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Medical content, Ableism, Car accident, Medical trauma, Death, Alcohol, Drug use, Grief, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Blood, Dementia, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Racism, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Forced institutionalization, Classism, Mental illness, Sexism, Police brutality, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

corriejn's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Ableism, Death of parent, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Abandonment, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual harassment, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Mass/school shootings, and Child death

franklola's review

adventurous emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Drug use, Grief, Ableism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Vomit, Blood, and Car accident

caseythereader's review

emotional funny reflective 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Car accident, Racism, Alcohol, Grief, Medical content, Cursing, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Sexual content

kimveach's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

True Biz is a fascinating story of a deaf school, its students, and its principal.  I learned so much about the struggles within the deaf community regarding cochlear implants, American Sign Language, and how to best educate a child.  The decisions parents must make with a newly diagnosed hearing impaired baby were heartbreaking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Classism, Cursing, Child abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Car accident, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

cassielaj's review

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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

I’ve never read anything like this book. Nović crafts incredible characters and a complex story. Not only that, but I learned so much about the Deaf community from the history, language lessons, and medical conversations that were included. 

My only wish is that Eliot could’ve been a bigger character earlier

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death of parent, Medical content, Medical trauma, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Bullying, Car accident, and Pregnancy

clevelandbookgirl's review

informative reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Car accident, Dementia, Violence, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, and Death

Minor: Torture and Blood