Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

3 reviews

bookishperseus's review

dark emotional funny lighthearted relaxing sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Car accident, Murder, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Pregnancy, War, and Classism

reddeddy's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-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: Biphobia, Cursing, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Outing

Minor: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

martapsalvado's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

Protect (almost) all the characters of this book at all costs- Legs included. A beautiful book about family, friendship, love, self-identity and trying to find peace after traumatic situations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Car accident

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Transphobia, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Chronic illness, Racism, Blood, and Grief