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The Antidote for Everything by Kimmery Martin

9 reviews

maddiela's review

challenging emotional funny 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

4.25

Enjoyed this book way more than I thought! I really loved and admired the two main characters and I was rooting for them throughout the entire book. There was a little too much religion talk for me to give this a full 5 stars but besides that I would recommend to anyone who likes medical drama storylines that relate to current events in the world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Death, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, and Transphobia

Minor: Cancer

gellyreads's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

I really enjoy this cast of characters. I know I struggled to connect to this partially because of my own bias against doctors. I also wish, even though this is something that would happen, this didn't have to go into

sexual assault

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Drug abuse

prairieraven's review

adventurous emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Misogyny, Grief, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Medical content, Rape, Religious bigotry, Addiction, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Alcohol, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Sexism, Suicide attempt, and Violence

sooz_767's review

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

This starts as out as a story about doctors in a clinic who decide they will no longer treat trans patients and the reactions/fall out from this, but we quickly become attached to Georgia and especially Jonah as various events unfold.

I really love the authors writing style and wit, it's so easy to just float along with the characters and story, however I do think this one slightly lost its way towards the end. The plot got a bit convoluted and ended up far from the original focus. I also don't think we needed Marks chapters (or Donovans for that matter). Just one POV would be fine for the whole story, especially as we didn't get Jonahs which would have been amazing.

Overall I did enjoy this but think I preferred Queen of Hearts a little more. And definitely looking forward to reading Doctors and Friends!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Homophobia, and Transphobia

burnourhistory's review against another edition

emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Grief, and Drug use

Moderate: Medical trauma, Misogyny, Cancer, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

Minor: Cancer, Alcoholism, Blood, and Death

ren_dragon's review

funny hopeful informative lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Medical content, Homophobia, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Death of parent

menomica's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

This book was so good! I think it was made just for me because all the things ppl seemed to not like, I loved??? Everyone said that they thought Mark was unnecessary, and like you could argue that he was, but I loved him???? Like, do you know how good of a writer you have to be to make like a HETEROSEXUAL MAN?? A RICH heterosexual man? Yeah, he’s in my pocket. Same with Edwin. Did Jonah need a bodyguard, narratively speaking? No.

Is it advisable for them to end up together? Probably not.

But Edwin? Also in my pocket.
Honestly I loved all the characters (except for, yeah know, everybody else). I loved Dobby. He was the goodest boy and all he did was be there and be happy. I loved Darby (who coincidentally has the same name as my therapist!). She was literally the definition of a southern Christian bell mother, but also not a bigot!!! And the way she swooped in at the end with that small victory? Go her!
This book also made me cry, for no reason. I’ll literally just be minding my business, just reading, and Kimmery Martin will walk up and slap me across the face and say, bitch, we’re sad now! And you know what? I balled like a baby each time. Mr. Fogelman? Tears. Everytime he was mentioned. In the hospital. Him doting over wife,

  HIM DYING.

I was a mess. Everytime. Freida Myers?? Oh dear god, that hit different. The idea of an elderly trans woman being in the closet for so long just to cone out and then be mistreated BY THE FUCKING MEDICAL SYSTEM?? Jesus

The part where she saved all the clothes that Jonah complimented in a box and then gave them to him after she died??? No that was too much, I had to take a ten minute breather.

Yeah, this book was great. The plot was noce, the characters were lovable, and the writing was actually good!!!’ Great job miss Martin. Highly Recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Blood, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, and Sexism

karinreadsbooks's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Medical content

Moderate: Homophobia and Transphobia

Minor: Sexual content

gemmagetson's review

slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, and Sexual assault