Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

404 reviews

brittanylee0302's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I must admit, when I first picked this book up I was like what the actual hell? However by chapter 3 I was invested & then I sped through the rest of it. This book had some wild twists & turns that I really wasn't anticipating which made it a thrilling ride. By the end I loved the characters & despite them being high schoolers, they didn't seem like they were for the most part. I thought the narrator Kate Rudd was really good but did an exceptional job with the conversational parts between Aza & her innerself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Car accident, and Death of parent

minoriah's review

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

sarahthewebnerd's review

challenging dark emotional informative lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Classism

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

brooketreads's review

challenging emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Wow! Turtles All the Way Down is so extremely heavy. Early on I immediately felt like I wasn’t the target audience for this. It seemed very YA in the beginning / high school focused. I quickly began to change my mind. I found Aza relatable as someone with mental health issues. Although, the escalation as the book went out felt devastating. At some point, I found myself thinking Daisy is a terrible friend, but the more I thought on it it’s just really the fact that Daisy doesn’t understand mental illness and certainly didn’t understand the level to which Aza struggled with it. Aza and Davis’s friendship/ relationship development was so sweet. I felt the ending was really fitting for the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Death of parent

Moderate: Body horror and Abandonment

Minor: Car accident

julietearjerky's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Death of parent

smolfrog's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit and Death of parent

blossom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

My goodness I adore this book. The portrayal of mental illness and pain is so spot on. 

The term chronic pain captures nothing of the grinding, constant, ceaseless, inescapable hurt. And the term crazy arrives at us with none of the terror and worry you live with. Nor do either of those terms connote the courage people in such pains exemplify

Thank you John Green for another modern classic, there are so many life-altering quotes in this book. Each one is a tasty morsel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Abandonment

Moderate: Car accident and Death of parent

lazulisky's review

emotional inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Blood

lilia493's review

challenging emotional informative sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Death of parent

efferstie's review

emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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

3.75

The description of mental illness and the struggle with OCD was very interesting and I appreciated that aspect of this book very much. The plot wasn’t particularly compelling though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death of parent