Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses by Kristen O'Neal

5 reviews

tguccione's review

emotional funny hopeful slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Body horror, Ableism, and Medical content

Minor: Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Infertility

decie's review against another edition

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

3.75

I'm always a sucker for books with found family. probably would have rated it higher if I read the print or ebook.....it doesn't translate to audiobook super well, but it was still sweet.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Chronic illness

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, and Infertility

amberinpieces's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Dysphoria, Gun violence, Mental illness, Car accident, Gore, Vomit, Infertility, and Self harm

kp_writ's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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

I've never felt so close to a book, it makes me feel so seen as someone with chronic illness. Absolutely beautiful writing, fantastic characters, wonderful relationships, deep dives into disability and the cryptid/paranormal, fantastic plot. I really couldn't put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal death, Ableism, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Vomit, Infertility, and Confinement

silver_valkyrie_reads's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

I kept telling myself I was going to rate this book four stars. You know, it had some really great parts, but also a few parts that irritated me, and overall that probably balanced out to four stars, right? 

By the end, I just couldn't bring myself to knock off a full star. Yeah, there were a few bits I didn't like, but that doesn't change the fact that I really LOVED most of this book. Recommended if you have a chronic illness, want to know what it's like to have a chronic illness, or really enjoy friendship stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Cursing

Minor: Blood and Infertility

There are a few references to the occult. A number of side characters are lesbian, trans, and various other gender/sexual identities--it's never a main focus of the story.