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Elämäni seinäruusuna by Stephen Chbosky

130 reviews

luvkillzall's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

5.0

favorite of the year so far, absolutely beautiful, had me SOBBING. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Bullying, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Car accident

Moderate: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

liliana_b's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

Get ready to cry x

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Car accident, and Abortion

rory_john14's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Outing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Incest, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Car accident, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Vomit, Dementia, and Toxic friendship

elleisntabell's review against another edition

4.5

I did not expect to like this book, so the fact that I'm here giving it a 4 star that is closer to a 5 than it has any right to be is crazy. But it was good. Seriously.

There are aspects of it that I really don't like, aspects of it that feel outdated, but luckily nothing inherently malicious. Regardless, I think it's really great, and I can't quite express why.
I definitely acknowledge that it's not gonna work for everyone though.

I think the fact that Chbosky is primarily a screenwriter is really obvious. It gives this book a quality that I can't quite explain, but it is something that a really liked. 

Anyway, I can clearly not speak of this book in any way that isn't vague, so I'll end it here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Homophobia, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Medical content, Car accident, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Pedophilia and Rape

cosmic_blooms's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, and Grief

gabriel_dingle's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense 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

Basically The Catcher in the Rye if The Catcher in the Rye was actually good. Charlie is a fascinating and loveable character and him and his friends are incredibly deep and well written. Reading this novel really feels like you are taking a look into someone’s life. The gay representation in this novel is fantastic, especially considering it was still a taboo thing to write about when this novel was published. This is a must read for (especially) teenagers and adults alike, who like slice of life or growing up stories about loss of innocence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Pedophilia, Racism, and Suicide

Many of the above topics are explored in a disturbing manner.

teaskate's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? No

3.75

so so sad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Racism, Suicide, Car accident, Abortion, and Outing

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

kloubcova's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Incest, Racism, Suicide, and Abortion

Minor: Alcoholism and Car accident

ava_jpg's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad 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

3.5

tell me why I already knew the plot and still cried my eyes out. wtf is up w that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, and Alcohol