Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder

20 reviews

sydthereader's review

challenging emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Medical content, Terminal illness, Cancer, Grief, and Death

Minor: Fatphobia

strawberrytheauthor's review

hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

The quote from Kirkus Reviews “Cathartic and Uplifting” really sums up this whole book. I wish I had it when I was younger, but at the same time I don’t think it would’ve meant as much. 

“Turn something crappy into something sweet” is one quote from this book that I think sums the whole thing up. I loved the art style and the order Tyler Feder puts her events in. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Medical content and Medical trauma

christaftersunset's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, and Terminal illness

pucksandpaperbacks's review

5.0

If you're looking for a tearjerker, look no further than this book. This is a raw depiction of grief and losing a parent at a young age. Tyler recounts the events of her mother's cancer when she started college through illustrations, we learn about who Rhonda Feder was and what legacy she left behind before her passing. This was a humorous yet dark graphic memoir about a young girl losing her mother to cancer. It is a graphic depiction of grief and what I loved most was how Feder shared every aspect of grief with us especially the page on "Dos and Donts for Dealing with a Grieving Person". Though this memoir does share Feder's experience with grief, it also shares tips on how to help someone who is grieving which I really appreciated. 
Feder is also Jewish and shares how the mourning and grieving process is done in Jewish culture. 
 
This book made me sob but also reflect on my own personal grief.  So, if you're looking for a good cry or a good book about grief, I recommend this! I did read the graphic novel but also listened to the audiobook and would recommend both. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

PTSD

lexiereadsbooks's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Medical content, Death of parent, and Death

ashleycmms's review

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Medical content

ehmannky's review

emotional lighthearted sad fast-paced

4.5

This is such a moving and touching memoir on death and the ways that when someone dies, especially unexpectedly and young, it really fucks you up. And that maybe we should find a new way to frame it other than desiring everyone to "heal" completely from grief. 

Reading it made me revisit my own grief from three of my grandparents dying in the past two years, and really face how I also feel like I'm not healing correctly or fast enough because I still miss them so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Death, Grief, and Medical content

sydneyj's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Terminal illness

emeraldelephant's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Medical content

ruthiethetoothie's review

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cancer, Medical content, and Grief