Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life by Alice Wong

13 reviews

jebecky's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Classism, Chronic illness, Medical content, Racial slurs, Racism, and Ableism

novella42's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

Easily one of the most important books I've read this year. I feel silly saying this, but I didn't know memoirs of disabled people could be... like... fun? And playful? And hilarious? And snarky? And also no-nonsense, anti-ableist, and badass, all at the same time! I'm really grateful for Alice's work in the world, and in the way she role models disabled joy and reclaiming her own damn story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Racism, Grief, Medical content, Ableism, Chronic illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Confinement, Suicide, Dysphoria, Xenophobia, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Terminal illness, Bullying, Classism, Hate crime, Genocide, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Excrement, Religious bigotry, and Fatphobia

language_loving_amateur's review

informative slow-paced

3.5

 Good, but I thought it'd be more...perhaps academic? I do feel like a got to know Alice a decent amount. This is a book with a sense of humor, but it doesn't shy away from the angry she feels when up against inaccessibility. Maybe half of the chapters are excerpts of podcast transcripts (condensed and edited for clarity), so it is very readable. Worth reading, but not life changing. I am counting this towards Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge 2023 #3 Read a book about Activism. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Alice Wong has a kind, unique, and vivifying voice. I found myself smiling throughout this audiobook. My one note is that some of the essays/reflections were repetitive. I do notice that they were carefully organized to build on certain narratives/eras in the author’s life. All in all, I highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Ableism, Terminal illness, Death, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Bullying, Grief, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Domestic abuse, Violence, Child abuse, Animal death, and Child death

hey_al's review

funny informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

Really enjoyed this one. Alice is hilarious and has a unique voice that really shines in this memoir. This isn't a comprehensive story of her life and she's upfront about that. Instead, it's fragmented windows into her day to day, memories, and random thoughts. There were a few passages that I had to skip because they were really graphic depictions of her experiences in hospitals (triggering topic for me) but she prefaces that with content warnings. I really appreciate her perspective and I now follow her on social media to see what she's up to next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma

leweylibrary's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This memoir was so different from any other I've read before because it was such a great collection of mixed media, including interviews, podcasts, photos and so much more from this activist's life and work. Disability justice is so important, but it's definitely not an area that I know a whole lot about, so I learned so incredibly much. Wong did a fantastic job of blending her own story and experiences with discussions of major issues and manifestos personal and political. I've already recommended this book for a future social justice book club pick at my campus next there are so many important lessons to be learned for not just students but also faculty and staff.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Medical content, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Suicide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Confinement, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying and Xenophobia

caidyn's review

hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.0

An insightful read that allowed me to reconsider some of my thinking. I'm a social worker, specifically one who works with dementia. So, I need to change my thinking at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Bullying

tinyplanet's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Chronic illness

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Cursing

Minor: Death, Body shaming, Grief, Racism, Body horror, and Bullying

lowbrowhighart's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Racism, Ableism, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Body shaming, Genocide, Death, Classism, Dysphoria, and Hate crime

Minor: Religious bigotry, Excrement, and Murder

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, and Ableism