Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Birthday by Meredith Russo

20 reviews

itshardizzy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, Homophobia, Dysphoria, Misogyny, Transphobia, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death of parent and Vomit

Minor: Cancer

rosie_valadez's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Suicide attempt

alitoons's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Cancer

Minor: Homophobia and Transphobia

igre's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Death of parent, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

stressejesse's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Mental illness, Grief, Cancer, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Vomit

ivana's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring 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: Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, and Vomit

tbrnichols's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cancer and Homophobia

thelostvoid's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad

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

4.0

Well this was excellent and also oh boy probably a bit too relatable. As someone who is also trans and whose mother also died when they were younger this was wild. Everything in this book felt very authentic and real, and I appreciate the hell out of that. There's nothing quite as disappointing as some contrived supremely-unlikely-and-irritating miscommunication etc and this book did none of that ish. 

Overall, hot damn this was a great read, and I sure am glad I read it now and not a few months ago when I was still very closeted because I am unsure how much fem-me would have gotten out of it. Although, potentially me reading this before I realised I was trans would have been a very good thing. Who can say. Anyways, read this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Homophobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Vomit, Terminal illness, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cancer

ellaaj's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Transphobia

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Racism

meremeth's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Bullying

Moderate: Cancer and Transphobia