Reviews tagging 'Grief'

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

46 reviews

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

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

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

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.

toberomanced's review

emotional funny inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

It doesn’t take much for a book to make me cry, ESPECIALLY if it has strong sibling ties, but this one has be tearing up again and again and again. One of the best YA books I’ve ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Bullying

Moderate: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Vomit, Racism, Medical content, Death of parent, and Chronic illness

Minor: Car accident, Cursing, Grief, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexism, and Toxic friendship

alyshkalia's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Racism, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Bullying

Minor: Blood, Car accident, and Alcohol

relin's review

challenging emotional funny 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit