Reviews by Tag: illness

Teen Review

Everything, Everything

By Nicola Yoon
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Natalie M.
Mar 2, 2023

Everything, Everything is such an amazing book. There’s an amazing plot
twist at the end, which really adds to the whole story. There are moments
where you hold your breath, mentally yelling at the character through the
pages of the book. I love how the book is written, how there’s never a dull
moment in the story, how you never know what could happen next. It’s
just an amazingly written book.

Teen Review
Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott

Five Feet Apart

By Rachael Lippincott
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Aug 2, 2022

Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott is romance fiction. Cystic Fibrosis has taken everything
from Stella. When she meets Will, she decides that she’s done letting her sickness control her.
Stella has followed every rule about Cystic Fibrosis, waiting for a liver transplant that will change
her life. On the other hand, Will doesn’t care about his sickness, just waiting to be 18 to stop the

Teen Review
The Fault In Our Stars by John Green

The Fault In Our Stars

By John Green
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Aug 2, 2022

The Fault In Our Stars by John Green is romance fiction. Hazel is a cancer patient and joins a
cancer support group to help cope and make friends. There, she meets Gus. She and Gus start
a friendship that eventually leads to adventures and the best time of their lives. This book was
so good. It was absolutely heartbreaking. I cried so much. It was funny, cute, and overall
absolutely amazing. I would give it a 4/5.

Teen Review
Brain on Fire My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness

By Susannah Cahalan
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
hpat
Jun 8, 2022

Brain of Fire is a book that follows Susannah as she battles through an invisible disease that is brushed off at first, but proves to be life threatening as a result of the ignorance. When nobody believes her, Susannah is led to believe she has gone crazy. With the support of her boyfriend, and the doctor who believed her every word and was determined to help her, Susannah managed to remain motivated to battle through arguably the toughest phase of her life.

Teen Review
Remedy by Eireann Corrigan

Remedy

By Eireann Corrigan
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Marium K.
Oct 21, 2021

Cara Jean has always dealt with her bad health. Doctors can’t figure out what happening to her because Cara and her mom are always on the move. But when Cara’s mother sets up a fundraiser to raise money for her illness, she begins to question the people around her. Is Cara’s illness something she was born with? Or is someone intentionally making her sick?

Teen Review
Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott

Five Feet Apart

By Rachael Lippincott
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Soumya T
Feb 4, 2019

A beautiful and compelling story. The book is about two inseparable teens who suffer from cystic fibrosis, and they long to touch each other, but they must stay the dreaded six feet apart at all times, because two people with cystic fibrosis can not go closer then that. They can't even get a few feet closer without risking their lives. The perfect story for anyone who likes a spinning romance with loving characters, and an exciting but emotional plot. Once I started reading, I couldn't put the book down! I even skipped my dinner that day just so I wouldn't have to stop reading!

Staff Review

The Fault in Our Stars

By John Green
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by Kate M.
Mar 2, 2012

Hazel has been hovering on brink of death for over 2 years. At 12 she was diagnosed with terminal cancer, and just when all was lost she was entered into a drug trial which holds the cancer at bay, never curing her, but keeping it from killing her. But she knows her time is limited. Because of the disease she cannot go to school and mostly sits around the house reading and watching America's Next Top Model.

Staff Review

13 Reasons Why

By Jay Asher
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by Kate M.
May 6, 2011

So yesterday I was reading at the gym, and I am just about to the end of my book and something horrible happens. It starts with a little catch in my throat, then I can feel my eyes starting to fill up...and I realize that I am about to cry over a book in public. And not just anywhere, at the gym, in front of all the ladies going to zumba and the body builders lifting weights.

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