Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

154 reviews

vercopaanir's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I cried!  I loved being inside Aza’s head although it made my heart hurt for this fictional character sometimes.  It was interesting to experience someone else’s… experience, I guess, with OCD that is more debilitating than mine, because I was able to relate in some ways and not others.  I thought the friendships were very real and well-written.  Overall a good book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Medical content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Ableism, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Toxic friendship

When we find out what Daisy writes about Aza as “Ayalah” (not sure of spelling, I listened to the audiobook), it kinda pissed me off! That’s not a healthy friendship! I’m glad they made up but venting about how awful your best friend is in fanfiction (published, specifically) isn’t okay.

The whole thing is a spoiler, sorry.

lindsayerin's review

challenging emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Medical content and Grief

_bibliomaniac_'s review

sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Grief and Self harm

anielabooks's review against another edition

inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I enjoyed the representation of anxiety in this book a lot. I truly believe that this book might have helped so many people struggling to come to terms with their anxiety. However, it is a very character-driven book, which is not typically what I like to read. I was trying to get into the mystery aspect, but then it felt like that was scrapped halfway through. No judgement to people who love this book; it just wasn’t my thing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death of parent, Self harm, Abandonment, Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit, Medical content, Classism, Murder, and Grief

adrirenae's review

emotional tense 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

if you struggle with a panic disorder or intrusive thoughts like i do, this book will resonate with you beyond belief.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Grief

Minor: Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

bootrat's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Grief

rissaandherbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Medical content

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Death, Drug use, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

synkdive's review

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Abandonment

Minor: Cursing

adinasf's review

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Mental illness, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

aoifemarie's review

dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Death of parent, Vomit, Blood, Car accident, and Death