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True Biz by Sara Nović

101 reviews

evoorde's review

adventurous hopeful informative 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Car accident, Physical abuse, and Chronic illness

Minor: Alcohol and Drug use

in_themoonlight's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Medical trauma, and Ableism

Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent, Alcohol, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Injury/Injury detail

minaestchan's review

adventurous hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Physical abuse

Moderate: Car accident, Pregnancy, Racism, and Alcohol

stripes_and_naps's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone who is interested in learning more about Deaf Culture. The only downside for me was that the ending felt too abrupt and anticlimactic but I understand why that was a choice that the author made. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Dementia, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Ableism, and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Homophobia and Racism

pandact's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative 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

4.5

I haven't watched Euphoria, so I'll compare this book to Elsa Sjunnesson's memoir Being Seen. It has hard-hitting personal stories and essays, and you'll love the characters and their signing even in the audiobook version! The crash course even includes some DeafBlindness as it speeds through the checklist of banned books, so you'll definitely learn something from this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Car accident, and Child abuse

Moderate: Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Dementia, Death of parent, and Bullying

Minor: Rape, Toxic friendship, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Genocide, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

risetorecede's review

dark emotional slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Ableism, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Drug use, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Dementia, Alcohol, Racism, Car accident, and Child abuse

kaywhiteley's review

emotional hopeful informative tense 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

5.0

Holy shit did this book cover a lot of different subjects. Somehow it worked though. What a great great story and the way Deaf culture was interwoven without feeling awkward or out of place was truly masterful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Religious bigotry, Drug use, Death of parent, and Ableism

Moderate: Dementia and Child abuse

Minor: Police brutality

jjha's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Drug use, Sexual content, Medical content, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

anried's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Drug use, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Medical content

Minor: Car accident and Child abuse

claudine2's review

challenging dark emotional informative tense 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

4.5

A very interesting book. A neat mixture of fiction and non-fiction. I love how it touched on so many different Deaf and Deaf-adjacent experiences. Very informative, while also being entertaining.

There were a few parts that I struggled with, but in the end, it did make sense why things happened the way they did. I didn't see where it was going until there were only about 40 pages left.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Ableism, Drug use, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child abuse, Car accident, and Dementia

Minor: Infidelity, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Alcohol