Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Heartstopper Volume 4 by Alice Oseman

58 reviews

witcheep's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

Moderate: Self harm and Mental illness

Minor: Bullying, Medical content, and Outing

amortentiaa's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

alot darker than the first 3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Outing, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

mfrisk's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? Yes

3.75

This is another great read in the series which goes a bit more in depth on topics of mental illness, codependency in relationships, and navigating difficult family and friend relationships.

 I enjoyed this one for the most part but similarly to the last book felt like some topics as explained felt like the characters should already have had more base knowledge on as teenagers in high school. One example in this read I can think of is the page where both Nick and Charlie are wondering if boys can have eating disorders. Moments like these sort of take me out of the story a bit because it seems odd the characters wouldn’t know or understand that at their age and having grown up on the internet. That’s not to say some things can’t still be new to people - but I would think the conversations could go a bit further. 

Otherwise though I really loved this book and that it emphasized that romantic relationships aren’t the end all be all and that mental health is a journey and not a one-episode arc. Those themes to me were really great messages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Mental illness

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Medical content

Minor: Outing and Homophobia

katievallin's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Outing, Medical content, Cursing, Homophobia, and Grief

Moderate: Self harm

michelle_my_belle's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Eating disorder, Medical content, Outing, and Mental illness

Moderate: Homophobia, Biphobia, and Self harm

Minor: Transphobia

charliewarliee's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny 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

4.75

Heartstopper Volume 4 is an amazing book, and my favourite in the series so far! They are an amazing set of books and I’m honoured I got to read them! I love how Oseman deals with mental health and how she recognises that different treatment helps different people!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

tilo's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Eating disorder

Moderate: Outing, Biphobia, Bullying, Self harm, Cursing, Homophobia, and Medical content

Minor: Transphobia and Hate crime

miles's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

Graphic: Medical content, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm

hannah_and_her_stories's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective 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

Graphic: Mental illness and Eating disorder

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Homophobia, and Self harm

Minor: Medical content and Transphobia

sophieamreacher's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative lighthearted reflective sad 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

Gosh my heart hurts. So nice to see a teen romance that doesn’t have love fixing everything though. I love these two.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Biphobia, Bullying, Self harm, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Abandonment