Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

A Dutiful Boy: A Memoir of a Gay Muslim's Journey to Acceptance by Mohsin Zaidi

8 reviews

froggy1png's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, Religious bigotry, Death, Bullying, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, Racial slurs, Violence, Colonisation, Cursing, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Car accident, and Emotional abuse

rosalind's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Racism, and Homophobia

Moderate: Grief, Hate crime, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs

Minor: Cancer, Alcohol, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

heidirgreen's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Islamophobia, and Racism

katie_11's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Cancer, Racism, Racial slurs, and Islamophobia

amberinbookland's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

 "Maybe if we had not been raised to hate ourselves it would be easier not to hate the world." 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Islamophobia, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Violence, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Hate crime, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Cancer

whatdebsreads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer and Islamophobia

Minor: Drug use

sheryl_macca's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

Mohsin is professionally well known, very successful and is an inspiring lawyer and Stonewall trustee. I was ready for an eloquent, powerful and informative read. I wasn't expecting how lost and isolated Mohsin was. His desperation and self hate are raw, tangible and extremely moving. 

Of course, being Pakistani, Muslim and gay would be difficult and challenging but I was genuinely shocked to read how young Mohsin was when he began to struggle with his sexuality and how impactful it was on every part of his life.

How Mohsin overcomes all that life had to throw at him is genuinely inspiring, interesting, messy and honest. Everyone needs to read this book. We can all learn from Mohsin's story no matter what we are wrestling with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Islamophobia, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Cancer, Grief, and Racism

azarab's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

An emotional tale about how a Muslim gay boy came to terms with his sexuality and how we strived for the acceptance of his family. We literally went through his whole life from when he realised he was gay to him forming relationships. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Blood, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Alcoholism, and Terminal illness

Minor: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts