Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

True Biz by Sara Nović

141 reviews

gellyreads's review

emotional informative reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

I loved this book so much, I'm not really sure what to say about it. I learned, I laughed, I cried of sadness and anger. Just a powerful, good book that I think everyone should read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Violence, and Body shaming

Moderate: Grief, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Drug use, and Death of parent

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

novella42's review

emotional hopeful informative fast-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

5.0

OUTSTANDING. Read it in a single day, I could not put it down. A must-read, especially for hearing people. Damn, that was a good story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Drug use, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Racism

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

haleymontgomery's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

I really loved most of this book. I think it was super interesting and getting to experience life as students who are deaf and also navigating high school (as well as their families) was really neat. There were some decisions made by the main character that felt a little unfitting or some plot lines that felt a little strange amongst the other problems happening in the book. I personally think it made the ending a bit unsatisfactory, and I left the book feeling a bit confused. Upon a second read and discussion with friends we were able to understand and tie things together more. I greatly enjoyed the book nonetheless and read it pretty quick.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

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

livreittoashley's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Medical trauma

Moderate: Abandonment, Dementia, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Grief

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