Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Tartarughe all'infinito by John Green

43 reviews

sierrabowers's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I thought that Ava’s experience with OCD related to my own in a scary-realistic way. But it also gave me a unique perspective into the weird intrusive thoughts and rituals that I do as well. I also liked that they made her mental health journey ongoing and not “cured” at the end of the book, because for a lot of people, mental health is a lifelong battle that sometimes has no end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Car accident, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

angelinashaw's review against another edition

reflective relaxing sad 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

5.0

 i have never had the urge to annotate a book before in my life, but i suppose there’s a first for everything. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

Moderate: Grief, Car accident, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Vomit

laurennnn1066's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Medical content, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Abandonment, Death of parent, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Drug use

rosegoes3's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad tense

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

4.75

This book is heavy, especially for someone like me who also is mentally ill, it was hard sometimes not to spiral as Aza spirals. 

I love John Green’s prose and his understanding of the human condition. Well done. 

Daisy sucks. Some of the characters felt very flat and the use of setting was sometimes odd but the dialogue and internal conflict make up for it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Blood, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Grief, Body horror, and Car accident

mariaviola's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny 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

4.5

oh dear

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Classism, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

alaskayoung1734's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.75

This was an amazing book about friendship, anxiety and figuring everything out. I am one of John Greens biggest fans and this was one of his best books.

Although I don’t think she should have forgiven Daisy for being so mean about her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Car accident, Death of parent, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic friendship

imlaurenshelton's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

I will have a better review later. For now, I want to say that John Green always wraps up his stories so beautifully.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing and Toxic friendship

Aza has severe mental illness, it’s not identified but it could contain indicators of OCD & severe hypochondria and germaphobia. I don’t say this to diagnose the character but as a warning to anyone who may identify with those disorders that this content may be disturbing. Lots of medical content, therapy, etc… and mentions of death of parents, in mild detail throughout the entirety of the novel. There’s moderate cursing and a pretty toxic friendship, which was brushed under the rug to make amends.

kashby's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

mathildarech's review against another edition

reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent, Self harm, and Toxic friendship

lyd41's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

1.5

The two things I liked about this book were 1. the characters and 2. the portrayal of ocd (esp considering it's written by green, who has ocd). 
Otherwise I did not like much else. The pacing wasn't good; it did not pull me in like most books. I hated the ending. Also, the whole side plot (that is advertised to be the main plot in the summary) was lowkey unnecessary and could have just not been included. Or it could have just not been advertised as the main plotline. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, and Car accident

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Toxic friendship and Death of parent