Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

78 reviews

moonchildshine's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

Reading this made me realize that High School in US is super scary. Especially if you're a poor bipoc sapphic like Liz. It was hard not to get frustrated by everything's going on here.

This book is the typical high school rom-com cliche, but make it sapphic. With a not-a-prom-queen material protagonist, her super cool and quirky love interest, a bunch of loyal friends, and an evil cruel mean girl antagonist who you want to punch in the face.

I forced myself reading the first half part of this book because I despise one of the cis-het man character (Jordan, I'm talking about you), but then I ended up loving him and cheering him on, urggg 🙄 in my defense, he really portrayed himself as a audacious jock at first.

And the ending, I actually love the ending!!! Amanda and Liz was soooo cute together. I squealed so much and I couldn't stop smiling. But I feel like this type of story is forgettable and I won't really remember how good it is in the future, you know? Hence the 3 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Outing

Moderate: Homophobia, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Vomit

Minor: Death of parent

sydthereader's review

hopeful 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? No

5.0

IF I COULD PHYSICALLY GIVE THIS BOOK MORE THAN 5 STARS I WOULD

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Grief, Death of parent, and Medical content

Minor: Cursing

brookey8888's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

This was so cute. Sometimes you just gotta read a cute diverse romance/contemporary. 
I honestly loved all the topics discussed and all the different relationships. I felt like that was really relatable(the friendships). I thought the romance was super cute and it wasn’t the center of the story. This is mostly just a story about a black lesbian coming into herself and being more confident, which I just love and am happy there are stories like this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, and Misogyny

unwise_samwise's review

emotional funny fast-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

5.0

Wonderful interpersonal relationships. Families that love and support each other always make me cry

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, and Medical content

Minor: Vomit and Outing

longlost's review

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

liz lighty my dearly beloved

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Homophobia, Bullying, Medical content, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Toxic friendship, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Grief, Vomit, and Hate crime

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Addiction

danileah07's review

funny 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: Racism, Bullying, Homophobia, and Outing

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Medical content and Vomit

beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Hate crime, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol

One of the main topics discussed in the book is sickle-cell disease, an inherited group of terminal blood disorders. The MC's brother inherited it from their mother, who died due to complications of sickle cell. There are several scenes towards the end of the novel where the brother is hospitalised due to acute chest syndrome.

lish_e's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

3.5

 “And I know then what I've always known: Campbell is never going to make a space for me to fit. I'm going to have to demand it.” 

This is a cute story with some nice characters, but it was a bit too perfect for my taste. Everything always turned out good for Liz so you could already guess how the story is going to end.
Nonetheless, Mack and Liz are an adorable couple. 
I also liked that the main character had a realistic development. She grew at her own pace and did not change her whole personality.
It was a nice and easy read with a wholesome story.
 

“I don't believe in fairy tales and love at first sight and all that, but for just a second, I think this girl and those eyes and the way her freckles dot the entire expanse of her face are cute enough to make a believer out of me.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Outing

Moderate: Death of parent, Vomit, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Terminal illness

cranedphoenix's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Technically my second read of this book but it was definitely an enjoyable read
Gabi and Liz's relationship was the best thing out of the book in how when you think about it it's quite complex
When I first got this book I got it cuz I heard everyone saying it was good but didn't realize it was a queer book so that surprised me in a good way
Overall look forward to reading more of the authors books

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

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

Minor: Vomit

musebeliever's review

emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Outing

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic friendship