Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

150 reviews

jerbarger's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.75

This is truly a remarkable piece of fiction. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Classism, Blood, and Ableism

Minor: Toxic friendship and Vomit

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

jjamieww's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

A quick read that was very interesting. 

I do think it is a book meant for youth specifically and love that it ends up being about friendship and life continuously moving forward. 

There were great insights into Aza’s mind and her relationships with the people around her weren’t perfect but felt real because of that. I genuinely liked that she finally expressed her needs to everyone after her spiral. A very good conclusion to the book. 

Loved the characters but if you have anxiety or OCD I can see how Aza’s thoughts might make you anxious while reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent, Car accident, Grief, Self harm, and Medical content

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Murder

earth_to_dani's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Blood, Dysphoria, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Car accident, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Mental illness

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

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

bubblegirl858's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

John Green writes in a way that makes you both introspective and painfully aware of the world around you. His struggles with his own depression, anxiety, and OCD are represented here in a way that makes it understandable for those who do not understand mental illness. Aza’s struggles are so human, so raw, and heartbreaking, and yet she continues on. “We’re here because we’re here.” This is not an easy story to read, but it is essential and John’s prose and humor make the book a highly enjoyable experience even if it is painful. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent, Car accident, and Death

Minor: Vomit

georgiasophia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

pandemonicbaby's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective tense 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

4.75

I so rarely feel seen by a book like this.
Usually, when characters with OCD show uo in media, they're made fun of for their quirkyness. We never get to see what the world looks like for them, and their concerns are always dismissed by other characters and by the narrative itself.
Aza's struggles with crippling intrusive thoughts and compulsions felt very real, and I found myself comparing my own personal struggle to hers.
This book didn't show a solution to Aza's problems, a magical way to solve everything and "be normal". But it did show that life goes on, and that things can get better, and that being with the people you love can at least help attenuate the suffering, even if just a little, because one of the worst things about OCD is that it makes you believe you are left to suffer alone, with no one to understand you or help you. And true, most people don't understand, but they can try their best to be there for you when you need it.
I thought this was a very tender story about a first love, about friendships and trying to find peace within yourself. It's not an easy journey, but it's not one that you have to do alone.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood, Toxic friendship, Grief, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

The main character struggles pretty heavily with mental health in this book, and although there are no attempts of suicide or explicit suicidal thoughts, there are some thought spirals and intrusive thoughts and depictions of panick attacks that might trigger some people.