Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

14 reviews

malloray's review

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Medical trauma

Minor: Racism

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Bullying, Biphobia, Grief, and Racism

Minor: Vomit

trashboatwinter's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Outing, Vomit, 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

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.

eurydice_books_09's review

challenging funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

EEE this was so good!! I couldn’t stop smiling while reading this. I honestly didn’t think I would love this as much as I did!

Amanda and Liz are so cute it makes me wanna cry into a pillow

such a worth reading book!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Death of parent, Homophobia, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Outing, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Racism

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

lilypilly's review

lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.25

This book was alright. It was all over TikTok last year, and I honestly think I was expecting more, it felt like The Hate U Give, which makes me think I'm not the biggest fan of contemporary novels, they feel way too big on pop culture references and trying to appeal to this generation. 
I loved Jordan in this, he was so respectful to Emme and her struggles and accepted Liz even after she had pushed him away for so long.

Freaking Gabi I knew was a bad sign, she was too good to be true

 
I could've gone without reading this one, but oh well, the more you read the more you know 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Homophobia, Medical trauma, and Outing

amandalorianxo's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.0

I had a feeling this would be a good book to have in my classroom library for when I teach high school students as opposed to my current middle schoolers. I did get the feeling that this was intended for teenagers and rightly fully so. The small town feel but they are outragesouly into prom out of all events definitely felt like something a junior / senior can relate to more so than a almost thirty year old. So I think in that sense - this would be good for them to read. However, it was hard for me to suspend my disbelief that a small town would care so much about prom. I didn’t grow up in that environment so it did make me raise an eyebrow. I also didnt like

how Gabi was taken back as a friend by the end of the novel. I felt like it would have been a more powerful storyline if Liz had parted ways with her instead. Gabi didn’t seem like a good friend to Liz.

Also

Amanda being coincidentally related to one of the music scene’s popular band members seemed a little too good to be true.

I also  misinterpreted Liz’s sexuality a few times when she was around Jordan I did cry when

Robbie was in the hospital</spoiler >Overall, if you are under the age of 19 but over the age of 14- this might be something you want to pick up. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

nyoom's review

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Car accident, Chronic illness, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexual content