Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Heartstopper Volume 4 by Alice Oseman

58 reviews

bookswithlee's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Homophobia, Bullying, and Outing

jeanne4's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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: Bullying, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Outing, and Self harm

mme_carton's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

kilic's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Self harm, Mental illness, and Medical content

elenamarmiroli's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

Questo volume è focalizzato principalmente sul disturbo alimentare, più altri disturbi psicologici quali l'autolesionismo, di Charlie. Questi temi vengono trattati molto bene, in quanto la scrittrice riesce ad illustrarli usando sempre il giusto tatto, senza mai esaltarli, ma nemmeno stigmatizzandoli. 

Inoltre, riesce a mostrare l'importanza della rete di supporto intorno alla persona che sta affrontando questi momenti importanti, senza però dare il messaggio che l'amore basti a risolverli, o che basti una sola persona per fare ciò.

In aggiunta, mostrando parte della terapia di Charlie, questo libro secondo me ha il potere di aiutare degli adolescenti ad affrontare meglio queste tipologie di disordini, sapendo che esistono le possibilità per ricevere un aiuto.

Nonostante ciò, sconsiglio la lettura a chiunque sia facilmente triggerato da questi temi, perché possono risultare estremamente pesanti emotivamente, essendo il focus principale dell'opera, ma soprattutto perché vengono affrontati legandoli all'impatto emotivo e psicologico che essi hanno sui protagonisti.


Non do il massimo, in quanto il formato dell'opera (una graphic novel) non riesce comunque personalmente a prendermi quanto farebbe un'opera in prosa, ma questo è un problema più personale che altro.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Mental illness

Moderate: Homophobia, Medical content, and Self harm

Minor: Confinement

dhwani's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Medical content, and Self harm

Moderate: Transphobia and Bullying

berodatheelf's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Bullying, Medical content, and Self harm

foreverbookwandering's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective 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

5.0

Oseman always explores mental health so well and this is no exception. It goes into detail of the process in the UK for getting help from a GP (and the long wait times!) and feels a really realistic portrayal. Obviously, everyone's mental health is different, so everyone may not relate to this in the same way but I like that it gives the message that it is always ok to ask for help if you are struggling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Mental illness

Minor: Self harm, Medical content, and Homophobia