Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Elämäni seinäruusuna by Stephen Chbosky

122 reviews

teriodvarkova88's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring relaxing sad fast-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

5.0

this book is exactly what the description says and i think everyone should read this book especially if you are a teenager

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief, Abortion, and Alcohol

urmominmybed69's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

really good but not the best thing i've ever read but a lot of parts of it are completely genius and crazy interesting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

Moderate: Rape and Violence

Minor: Abortion

emilymbrown's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

5.0

my genuine favorite book in the world. reading it every winter is so special to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Alcohol

sunshine_ng's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

booksalacarte's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad 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

4.0

I’m including trigger warnings because I had NO idea what was covered in this book.

Child abuse, Sexual abuse, Rape, Pedophelia, Molestation, Drug use, Alcohol abuse, Incest, Homophobia, Bullying, Suicide/suicidal thoughts, Grief, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorder, Mental illness, Addiction

Hate crime, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalism

How did I miss this book? How is this the first time I’ve read it?! I was doubtful about what value could be gone over in a book so small, and I am so glad that I was wrong. It wasn’t a book that I enjoyed, per say, but how it was able to pack so much punch is why I gave it 5 stars. 

I was drawn in by the journal/letter style of storytelling. The voice of the MC, Charlie, was immature and naive for a high school freshman. It’s the first clue that something isn’t quite right. As the story progresses you hear about him making friends, going to high school parties, trying alcohol and drugs and crushing on a senior and first girlfriends. 

I would say that this is a book for ages 15+ , because of content maturity.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Outing, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

country_book_worm's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Alcohol

liri_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring 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

5.0

Possibly one of the best books I'll read in my entire life. This book is perfect at showing us how all the characters are imperfect and have unique experiences, to the point where I actually felt deep sonder. I found Charlie and his thought process to be quite relatable at times, and I really enjoyed the epistolary format of the book. I also liked how it dealt with serious topics because, despite being serious, sometimes they barely got a few pages if it didn't really affect Charlie which, to me, felt interestingly realistic, as sometimes we just brush past or move on from morbid spectacles with quite ease. Overall, I loved this book and would recommend this book to all of my friends 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Minor: Infidelity and Car accident

eviecanactuallyread's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

beckyyreadss's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I wanted to read this book because I feel like everyone has read this book. My friends kindly gifted me this book for my birthday this year. Let's just say that the ending of this book saved it.  

This novel follows an observant wallflower Charlie as he charts a course through the strange world between adolescence and adulthood. First dates, family drama, and new friends. Sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Devastating loss, young love and life on the fringes. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it, Charlie must learn to navigate those wild and poignant rollercoaster days known as growing up. This is a young adult contemporary fiction that focuses on mental health. 

I love Charlie, throughout this whole book, I just wanted to hug him and let him know it’s okay. Me reading this as a twenty-two-year-old and still trying to navigate through life, understands Charlie and understands how difficult school can be. I feel like if I read this any younger, I probably wouldn’t have understood it as much. I loved the letters style of writing where it feels like Charlie is opening up to you, but I would have loved to actually know who he was writing the letters to, like Bill or his Aunt Helen or someone. I did struggle to get into this just as the book is split into four parts rather than chapters. But it’s only a small book that I managed to finish it relatively quickly.  

This book was a tense read, but it definitely pulled on the heart-strings. I would definitely check the trigger warnings before you read this book as it is definitely a bit gruesome and can be very triggering for some people.  I think anyone who ever feels like a wallflower should read this book. I rated this book three stars just because I was expecting more. I’ve seen all the reviews and it just didn’t live up to my expectations - I just wanted more. I would take another book of Charlie as an adult and to see what happened with Sam and Patrick and the gang. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, and Alcohol

bronaghd07's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Abortion