Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Local: A Memoir by Jessica Machado

6 reviews

laurenlee2158's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and Chronic illness

Minor: Colonisation, Cancer, Alcoholism, Racism, Misogyny, and Grief

allthebooks36's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Rape, and Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity

sguinn13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Fatphobia, Slavery, Racism, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Terminal illness

dogbuttsandbooks's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, Classism, Colonisation, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Drug use, Sexual assault, Grief, Hate crime, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Drug use, Colonisation, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Racism

Minor: Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Murder, and Bullying

maethereader's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

I really loved this! I thought the memoir was beautiful. And tying in Hawaain history and indigenous kanaka culture made it so fascinating and reflective. I learned a lot about present day Hawaii and Hawaii’s history and indigenous culture & spirituality.

I appreciated the perspective of an okay but not perfect childhood and the honest portraits of messy but loveable family members. I found it very refreshing. The depiction of the author’s grief and difficulty in handling challenging emotions & situations as a young adult were very honest and I really appreciated those as well. Despite differing circumstances, I found those young adult years very relatable.

Overall I left the book with the impression that it’s all okay. We’re all messy and human and doing our best and making mistakes and having regrets, but we’re here and it’s all okay. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Rape, and Grief

Moderate: Infidelity, Cancer, Colonisation, Racism, and Terminal illness

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, and Toxic friendship

shawnazimm's review

informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer