Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

116 reviews

rb5373's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.25

A great portrayal of OCD with a great ending. But the dialogue and existential way that these teenagers talked felt very unrealistic and a little cringey. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Self harm, Medical content, and Vomit

pawprintedpages's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Car accident and Blood

Minor: Vomit

alinantali's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit and Mental illness

Minor: Car accident

real_vivi's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Vomit and Car accident

kmturpie1025's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Self harm, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Vomit

yush's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

Aza is simultaneously a relatable and a frustrating character. I found myself so absorbed in her spirals and the plot of the book barely matters. And I suppose that makes sense because  true anxiety can make you distant from your reality or life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Vomit and Medical content

rosenau's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Medical content, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Car accident, Excrement, Grief, and Vomit

bookburdy's review against another edition

hopeful informative sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Self harm, Vomit, Dysphoria, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Mental illness, Car accident, and Chronic illness

lacey_wi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

phoebe_erh's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Such an incredibly beautiful and poignant book that managed to handle intense topics without creating too depressing of a mood. Green portrayed OCD in this book in a way that is understandable  for the reader but still conveys the level of discomfort that comes with the condition and manages to make a main character whose flaws are frustrating from an outsider perspective but do not make you root for her any less. Would have been 5 stars but the poems and love of stars from Davis felt a little bit too cliche but that is very much a trope of Green's books so it sort of adds to the signature romantic styling of his books. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Vomit and Classism