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Χελώνες στο άπειρο by John Green

83 reviews

jessiesnoww's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Grief, and Self harm

Moderate: Vomit, Car accident, and Blood

lavib's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.0

John Green has done it again!! Loved this and absolutely could not put it down, it’s actually a crime I didn’t read this earlier. Loved the characters and the narrative tone of voice. This book has some damn good quotes and I love how mental illness is represented in this book as well as how we clearly see how it strains the relationships between the main character and her loved ones. At the same time John Green does a wonderful job of showing that it is possible to have happy and fulfilling relationships with mental illness and I loved that about the book and how it wove the characters’ stories together so beautifully. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Abandonment

Minor: Medical trauma

cath_reads_books's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense 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

3.0

give this a solid 3 of 5 stars. The characters in the book are fully developed, but honestly some of them are a little insufferable. I found myself questioning through the entire book whether Daisy was actually a good friend to Aza. Oftentimes Daisy was just straight up mean; as someone who claims to understand how Aza’s mind works and to be accommodating of that, she sure wasn’t at times. Re-framing this story as coming from the perspectives of children rather than mini-adults did help some.

In addition to being a coming of age novel, this book was also a portrait of grief. It showed how people don’t ever really move on from a loss, it just fits into their life in a different way as time goes by. The grief in this book didn’t absolutely rip my heart out like The Fault In Our Stars did, but it did make me feel things. I think I also have a better idea of what it’s like to live with chronic anxiety now; I love when books have something to teach me. 

Overall a decent book, but not my favorite by John Green. He’s written better in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Mental illness

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

callidoralblack's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Abandonment

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Self harm, Blood, Death of parent, and Medical content

Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, Alcoholism, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

ennsez's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Car accident and Abandonment

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Death of parent

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Abandonment, Mental illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Vomit, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Blood

ismildlypoetic's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

3.0

3 stars = I liked it!

Longtime nerdfighter here! This is technically a reread, I read it in three days the day I got my preorder in the mail, so fast that by the time I closed the cover I forgot what happened😂

This book is a wonderful representation of OCD (i assume, as someone who doesn’t have it.) It’s also just a wonderful representation of anxiety, and relates to a lot of mental health disorders. Because of that, I found it pretty hard to read at times, and was hurt by my relation to Aza more than it held me. However, I loved the Pickett mystery, and wish it took up more of the book.

Would recommend to anyone trying to understand their loved-ones OCD or anxiety better!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Car accident, Abandonment, and Death of parent

Minor: Classism

Aza’s main compulsion manifests in

opening and closing a callus on her finger.

It is reoccurring and graphic throughout the story. The scenes can be skipped, but if mentions is triggering, I would find a new book

bellisk's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Moderate: Abandonment and Death of parent

gellyreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

5.0

Does this book deserve 5 stars? Perhaps not. But I loved it on the first read I did for it, and I don't want to have me teaching it tarnish it. This book made me think a lot about mental illness and I appreciate how raw of a book this felt for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Vomit, Grief, and Abandonment

crieraylas's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Death, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Mental illness, Medical content, and Vomit

Moderate: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Car accident