Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

57 reviews

martha88's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol

sofiasco's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous emotional reflective sad

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, Grief

Minor: Alcohol

liry_reads's review against another edition

4.0

emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, Death

Moderate: Vomit, Medical content

Minor: Alcohol

kyarabereading's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny reflective sad fast-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

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People give John Green a lot of $#!+ but I genuinely think he's a great author and TFIOS is proof of that. This book is funny, sad, and incredibly insightful. The characters remain loveable and realistic all the way through - even when you read a line that leaves you thinking "no teenager today would speak like a walking thesaurus but ok." The plot is one of those where not much happens, which is part of what makes it feel realistic. It may not be everyone's cup of tea, but personally, I like books like that. And finally, I think this book has a great message. It gives the reader a lot to ponder when it comes to life and death and the fear of being forgotten and all that jazz. Green is great about inserting these little philosophical thoughts and conversations into his books - the sorts of things that we tend to obsess over, especially as we get older - and making them more digestible. It is interesting to read TFIOS through that lens, but also, I honestly think it makes this book that much more heartbreaking. 

If there's one thing I wish Green had done differently, it's

remove that part when Hazel and Augustus kissed in the Anne Frank House and everyone clapped. Every time I read it, I get the worst secondhand embarrassment. If I had a time machine, the first thing I would do is go back in time and prevent Green from writing that part, I'm so serious.

 

Anyway, I wanted to share a not-so-fun-fact from Mr. John Green himself. Apparently,

Hazel died about a year after Augustus. Isn't that sad as hell?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Medical content, Alcohol

Minor: Vomit

bookbird's review against another edition

4.75

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

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I have to knock off a little something because this book is so pretentious and earnest it's frankly ridiculous, but I love it. So much. I first read TFIOS at around Hazel's age, and over a decade later, it's still special to me. Sometimes my brain doesn't let me see the beauty in this world, and John Green reminds me to look for it, even when it's almost unbearably hard and annoying to do so. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Alcohol

read_alot's review against another edition

4.5

emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol

theelizabethjoy's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I haven't read this book in a decade and it hurts just as much now as it did then. It's a beautiful, heart-wrenching, gut-punch of a story.

It isn't a happy ending, it just is.

 

"Pain is like fabric, the stronger it is, the more it is worth". 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcohol

Minor: Genocide

brynn_books's review against another edition

2.0

emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book was pretty average. It wasn’t the best book I’ve ever read but it wasn’t the worst. It was just okay. I don’t really know what else to say.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief

Moderate: Alcohol

maria_y's review against another edition

5.0

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

mirandap442's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma

Moderate: Mental illness, Vomit

Minor: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, Alcohol