Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones

7 reviews

fanchera's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Cursing, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Chronic illness, and Adult/minor relationship

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

This is gorgeous and poetic and so intimate. I'm excited to read more from Mr. Jones. It's a tough memoir to read - Jones has been through so much pain. An important display of the failure of our social systems too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Bullying, Grief, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Homophobia, Terminal illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Death, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Medical content, Rape, Violence, Cursing, and Racism

Minor: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, and Classism

amerikanerin's review

sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, Death, Violence, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Racial slurs, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Adult/minor relationship, and Homophobia

katielaine_w's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Terminal illness

Minor: Drug abuse, Animal death, and Alcohol

heartmaiden's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful relaxing sad medium-paced

5.0

couldn’t put this down. i love everyone so much in this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Terminal illness, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Violence, Death of parent, and Sexual content

charlottesomewhere's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

A really powerful, hard-hitting memoir. I listened to the audio version narrated bt the author and would definitely recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

m00001's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

Audiobook

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, and Homophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism and Terminal illness