Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Tartarughe all'infinito by John Green

47 reviews

luananki's review against another edition

emotional 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

2.75

this wasn’t the book for me. i‘m not sure why though.
i liked aza as a character but daisy was the absolute worst. the characters felt a little flat and i don’t have an opinion about most of them.
the story? boring. i didn’t enjoy the mystery or the relationship that developed between davis and aza because of said mystery.
the ocd representation was a lot sometimes so definitely check the tw but as far as i can judge it it was good representation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Medical content, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Death, Blood, and Toxic friendship

beesreadingshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Blood, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

rosenau's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

odetojersey's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious 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

Goddamn John Green, you’ve done it again. My only qualm is that I wish high school me had read this. She would’ve really resonated with Aza.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

Moderate: Death, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit

hinkleh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Self harm

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? Yes

2.25

It felt so underwhelming. At first I related to Aza and I definitely do, I love her character development or lack of one. Like instead of her being perfect and you know healthy it’s realistic. I kind of feel the plot falls flat. Not much else to say I guess. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcohol

cstein's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

This, to me, is such an important book. Though the plot itself may not be tremendously innovative, Green's descriptions of the emotional highs and lows of life with anxiety/OCD are at once nauseating, jarring, and comforting in their accuracy. The last few paragraphs gave me goosebumps. As with "The Anthropocene Reviewed," I am profoundly grateful for Green's work here. A rare reread.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

Moderate: Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Alcohol

coffeeatthebeachwoodcafe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Eating disorder

idailf's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.75

Very well written and interesting! I could not put it down (which is why this review was written 4:36 in the morning)

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcohol

clapyourshands's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-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

5.0

Ed: After mulling it over more, I decided that I loved it, and I think it’s the most sophisticated book Green has written by far.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Medical trauma