Hi all,
I am generally a compulsive reader, for me, reading is very much an obsession, but I have found a number of books over the past year or so, that I feel, though they are good books, some of them should come with a health warning. As an example, I read “Always in December” by Emily Stone, it is an amazing book, about a woman called Josie Morgan, it’s set at Christmas time, going to mail a letter she has an accident & runs into Max, they go for drinks & end up spending a very special Christmas together, then Max leaves, but fate keeps throwing them back towards eachother, I absolutely loved it, but, (Spoiler alert,) at the end, Max dies of a brain tumor, 
, my mom died of a brain tumour, in the book there was absolutely no warning this was coming till right at the end, & sadly it brought up some traumatic memories of my mom collapsing, things like this make me feel they should put some kind of warning notice on the back of books when they include content that involves subjects like cancer, car accidents, self harm, abortion or miscarriage, alcoholism, abuse or violence, so those of us who have been through such traumas can be prepared if it contains this kind of content.
I completely agree. They do it for films, so why not for books. Like, genuinely, why not.
However, for me I can’t watch films because it seems as though all of them contain parental loss. I can’t even watch The Lion King, now!! 
Hi,
Thanks for your replies.
@Burgled I agree 
, if they can do it for movies, why not do it for books, valid point. I know what you mean about the lion king, the last movie I saw at the movies with my mom was Disney Pixar’s “onward”, brothers Barley & Ian go on a quest to find a phoenix gem, so they can speak to their dad who passed away years ago, it’s an amazing movie, but now I can’t watch it without crying 
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@Bluebell1 very insightful, life experiences are often inspiration for many books & movies, though I agree with you that there will always be things in life that bring up certain memories, & we can’t baby proof the world to avoid all the bad stuff, but at the same time, to me, my reading is like a safe space for me to indulge & forget the bad stuff for a while, it wouldn’t hurt to at least give us a heads-up when it contains upsetting content.