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Elämäni seinäruusuna by Stephen Chbosky

26 reviews

pia_h's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Violence, Homophobia, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, and Child death

Minor: Abortion, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Rape

lybrarie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

After struggling with and subsequently DNFing my previous read, I decided to give this book a reread after several years (probably around the time the film came out) since it was short and hopefully would pull me out of the reading slump I was in. It definitely worked. 
This book covers a lot of really difficult topics, but I think it handles them well. It truly encapsulates teen life, at least what teen life had felt like to me. Reading this now in my twenties was definitely a different experience to when I read it last as a young teen, and I noticed a lot of things I missed previously and understood it a lot better. I'm really glad I have given it a reread. I think this book is well-written and shows Charlie's growth as a person within the writing itself. Recently I've seen quite a few people talk about this book after not enjoying it, which is perfectly fine, but for me it is still a great book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Rape, Abortion, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide and Cursing

Minor: Fatphobia and Body shaming

persofphone's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-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

4.25

Leería esto una y otra vez y no me cansaré de eso. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

shewantsthediction's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Rape, Racism, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

mmatti300's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

This book was both shocking and engrossing, yet I think that Stephen Chbosky's writing style fell a little flat at times for me. While it is like you are the friend that "Charlie" is writing to, and you do empathize with Charlie strongly, there are moments when I found it hard to believe in Charlie's age level as certain times it read as though it was written by someone much much younger than 15, even with the difficult emotional experiences that Charlie is going through. If you are reading this book, you most likely know the trigger warnings but do watch out for the content because this book does not shy away from somewhat graphic/shocking events that may be triggering for certain individuals.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Rape, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, and Body shaming

fkiely's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, and Physical abuse