Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

118 reviews

anielabooks's review against another edition

inspiring reflective 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

3.25

I enjoyed the representation of anxiety in this book a lot. I truly believe that this book might have helped so many people struggling to come to terms with their anxiety. However, it is a very character-driven book, which is not typically what I like to read. I was trying to get into the mystery aspect, but then it felt like that was scrapped halfway through. No judgement to people who love this book; it just wasn’t my thing.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent, Self harm, Abandonment, Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit, Medical content, Classism, Murder, and Grief

adrirenae's review against another edition

emotional 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

if you struggle with a panic disorder or intrusive thoughts like i do, this book will resonate with you beyond belief.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Grief

Minor: Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

bootrat's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective 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: Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Grief

rissaandherbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Medical content

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Death, Drug use, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

123urmom's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Car accident, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

There is something you can kinda see as self harm, but it’s not with the intention of it being like? That? So the main character has this compulsion where she has to squeeze her finger until blood comes out to “cleanse it”. And she, later in the story, resorts to

drinking hand sanitizer

to cleanse herself.

aoifemarie's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

shoohoob's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.0

My first John Green book in many many years. I found the way he described Aza’s OCD to be fascinating and offered a lot of insight for me. I also loved the relationship between Aza and Daisy! However, I thought the plot was a bit weak - I don’t think the murder-mystery added anything to the story. It just as well could have been about two childhood friends reconnecting. Also: there was no need for a romance to happen between Aza and Davis. Again, could have just been a story about childhood friends reconnecting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Self harm, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Panic attacks/disorders

hannah_mariee's review against another edition

emotional informative 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

alexiconic's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.75

The question this book raises is: how many stars does a book get for its (good, relatable, rarely well done) depiction of mental illness? I think this was for me the biggest strength of the book. And maybe … when it comes down to it, it’s what made it a good book at all. 

Because the representation of OCD in this book is really, really good. It is confronting to see thought spirals portrayed so well. And it was great to see this without any blemish or polish. For my taste, however, too much of the book was about the continuing and worsening spirals, and the (sometimes a little obnoxious) existential wondering included. I guess that’s where this is a YA novel and I am no longer a teen, but it’s a little dramatic. It also made the (at most 50 pages-long) realizations and “recovery” too sudden, too rushed, and unfortunately the book lost some strength here. Yes, it is difficult to write how taking medication regularly will suddenly improve your mental health. But if 3/4ths of the book have been about the hell of the symptoms and the worries about taking meds, it would have been nice to have a bit more analysis. And while the end resonated with my own mental health experiences, it seems counterintuitive and is not often seen and that is exactly why I would have loved for the last 10 pages to last a bit longer. 

I just wanted a bit more time in the story. A bit more time for the cool sidekicks. A bit more time for the OCD and for recovery. In the end, though, isn't that also a good sign? 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, Body horror, and Blood

_gabi_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Car accident, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Blood, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic friendship