Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

78 reviews

rachelcotter1's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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: Medical content, Homophobia, Racism, and Outing

Moderate: Death of parent and Panic attacks/disorders

damien666's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

There are a lot of pop culture references, which aren’t for me personally but it’s not too distracting. The story overall is really cute and nice, even though it does deal with some heavier topics. But for a book that’s about gay people, i wish the homophobie weren’t so swept under the rug. If you’re going to bring it up actually go into it instead of just a casual mention

and a suprisingly friendly town.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Outing

Moderate: Bullying, Racism, Medical content, Death of parent, and Chronic illness

Minor: Homophobia and Grief

rayne_1906's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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

4.0

Audiobook - 4 hours 9 minutes - I enjoyed this book more than I was expecting you to. Liz was a likeable main character, and the rest of the characters were also likeable and realistic. While it played into a few overused tropes, it didn't feel like a carbon copy of a queer YA book like some do. The whole prom thing was a little over the top, but then again, most things about very real American high schools feel fake to me so maybe that's why. The conflicts between characters also felt realistic enough. I also liked the depiction of friendship in this book, the way it can be sort of toxic without it being because the friend is just overly cruel for no reason. Overall a good queer YA book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Moderate: Death of parent, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, and Homophobia

Minor: Misogyny, Grief, Racism, and Vomit

valentine_c's review

lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Medical content, Racism, Addiction, Death of parent, and Hate crime

morganperks's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Outing, and Classism

Moderate: Homophobia, Medical content, Biphobia, Toxic friendship, Racism, Chronic illness, Bullying, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Terminal illness, and Sexism

Minor: Vomit and Car accident

embla_v's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted

3.5

Rolig, underhållande feelgood. Jag tyckte om den men det var inget extra. Karaktärerna var bra och handlingen spännande och rolig men samtidigt ganska lätt att förutspå. Men det är en perfekt bok om man vill ha en feelgoodbok. 

Det handlar om Liz som inte tror att hon har en plats i rampljuset, iallafall inte på hennes skola, hon är för svart, fattig och pinsam för det. Men när hon inte får de pengar till college som hon räknat med tvingas hon in i en tävling, en tävling för att bli promqueen och Liz tvingas in i rampljuset som hon varit så rädd för. Det finns bara en sak som gör tävlingen uthärdlig och det är den nya tjejen Mack. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Racism, Homophobia, Chronic illness, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Bullying

larseneiii's review

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Medical content

Moderate: Death of parent, Chronic illness, Bullying, and Outing

Minor: Vomit

bedtimesandbooks's review

hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Outing, Racism, Death, Grief, Terminal illness, Bullying, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Death of parent, and Medical content

lmagie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Lovely read, dives into teenage worries, grief, weight of responsibility and intersectionality.
There wasn't enough time with the love interest to root for them, too, and main character Liz is dry and sarcastic. She can be relatable, but her constant thinking she's "better" or not like other girls can be tiring at times

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Content Warnings

Minor: Medical content, Addiction, and Death of parent

chloereadds's review

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Outing, Racism, Biphobia, Bullying, Death of parent, and Homophobia