Reviews with content warning for Addiction - Turtles All the Way Down

this wasn’t the book for me. i‘m not sure why though.
i liked aza as a character but daisy was the absolute worst. the characters felt a little flat and i don’t have an opinion about most of them.
the story? boring. i didn’t enjoy the mystery or the relationship that developed between davis and aza because of said mystery.
the ocd representation was a lot sometimes so definitely check the tw but as far as i can judge it it was good representation.

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dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

unlikeable character actions taken in between scrapbooked quotes, musings, and perspectives on life.
saw too much of myself and my life in it that i got mad at it. read anthropocene reviewed instead for something similar but 100x less dour.

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emotional funny slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

3⭐
I can't believe I've read this book, it took me an infinitely long time (2 months).

How to rate? A good question...

Cons:
I didn't like the characters and only at the end of the book was I able to "see" them. In the beginning they were toxic and thought only of themselves. I didn't like that when a person speaks from the heart to another person and tells them about the most important thing in the world through their eyes, the other person doesn't pay attention and just asks a question completely irrelevant to the topic...

I REALLY didn't like the main character's friend, she was horrible, I only discovered her as a good person at the end of the book, but I still couldn't forgive her...

What annoyed me was that in the book it was said that a 13-year-old boy was using weed and then another character referred to it as "cool". In my eyes, this is absolutely untrue and that kid needed help, he was trying to hide his thoughts, to draw attention to himself, to ask for help. So it annoyed me that no help was given and no one tried to help. But the book is not about that and it's like a little detail, but it stuck with me.

Pluses:
I found a lot of quotes and a lot of nice thoughts that I will take with me after reading this book.

I found breathing tips that will really help me as I struggle with social anxiety, and there are also tips in the book on how to channel bad thoughts and realize that they are just thoughts and not yet actions.

I was moved by some of the situations in the book, it was heartbreaking to just be a watcher and couldn't do anything to help. But I think that's a plus, that book forced me to feel because a book has to make some kind of impression and make you feel, and it doesn't matter how: anger, sadness, or happiness.
That scene from "The protagonist and hand sanitizer", sounds strange to someone who hasn't read the book, but someone who will understand. It moved me immensely.

I can also say that the last chapters were wonderful because, as I said, I saw the characters and they were not so selfish or they just changed.
The ending was very nice with a lot of deep thoughts that were ahhh... ❤️.

That's all...
Would I recommend it?
Maybe...

The book talks about the phobia of getting sick and getting infected and it's quite a big topic, so keep that in mind.
And anyway... I found the book easy to read and not overwhelming, but that's just my personal opinion.

Now it's all...

3⭐
Negaliu patikėti, jog perskaičiau šią knygą, man užtruko be galo ilgai (2 mėnesiai).

Kaip vertinti? Geras klausymas...

Minusai:
Veikėjai man nepatiko ir tik knygos gale galėjau juos "pamatyti". Pradžioje jie buvo toxic ir galvojo tik apie save. Man nepatiko, jog kai žmogus kalba iš širdies su kitu žmogumi ir jam pasakoja apie svarbiausią dalyką pasaulyje jo akimis, kitas nekreipia dėmesio ir tiesiog užduoda klausymą visiškai nesusijusi su tema...

Man LABAI nepatiko pagrindinės veikėjos draugė, ji buvo siaubinga, tik knygos gale ją atradau, kaip gerą žmogų, bet vis tiek negalėjau atleisti...

Mane erzino tai, jog knygoje buvo pasakyta, jog 13-metis berniukas vartoja žole ir po to kitas veikėjas tai pavadino kaip "kieta". Mano akimis tai yra absoliuti netiesa ir tam vaikui reikėjo pagalbos, jis bandė savo mintis paslėpti, atkreipti kitų dėmesį į save, taip prašant pagalbos. Taigi mane erzino tai, jog pagalba jam suteikta nebuvo ir niekas nesistengė. Bet knyga yra ne apie tai ir tai kaip maža detalė, bet man tai kliuvo į akis.

Pliusai:
Radau labai daug citatų ir daug gražių minčių, kurias pasiimsiu su savimi po šios knygos perskaitymo.

Radau kvėpavimo patarimų, kurie man tikrai padės, nes kovoju su social anxiety, taip pat knygoje yra patarimų kaip nukreipti blogas mintis ir suprasti, jog tos mintys yra tik mintys ir jos dar ne veiksmai.

Mane sujaudino tam tikros knygos situacijos, buvo skaudu būti tik stebėtoju ir negalėti padėti. Bet manau, jog tai pliusas, nes knyga turi padaryti kažkokį įspūdi ir priversti jausti, nes manau knyga turi priversti tave jausti ir nesvarbu pyktį, liūdesį ar džiaugsmą.
Ta scena iš "Pagrindinė veikėja ir rankų dezifekantas" , tam kuris neskaitė knygos skamba keistai, bet tas kas skaitė supras. Tai var mane tai be galo sujaudino.

Taip pat galiu pasakyti, jog paskutiniai skyriai buvo nuostabūs, nes kaip ir sakiau, pamačiau veikėjus ir jie nebuvo tokie savanaudžiai arba tiesiog pasikeitė.
Pabaiga buvo labai gražiai užbaigta su daug gilių minčių, kurios buvo ahhh... ❤️.

Tai viskas...
Ar rekomenduočiau?
Galbūt...

Knygoje yra kalbama apie fobiją susirgti, užsikrėsti ir tai yra pakankamai ptati tema, taigi turėkite tai omenyje.
O šeip... Man knyga pasirodė lengva skaitymui ir neapsunkinanti siužetų, bet tai tik mano asmeninė nuomonė.

Dabar viskas...

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challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

This, to me, is such an important book. Though the plot itself may not be tremendously innovative, Green's descriptions of the emotional highs and lows of life with anxiety/OCD are at once nauseating, jarring, and comforting in their accuracy. The last few paragraphs gave me goosebumps. As with "The Anthropocene Reviewed," I am profoundly grateful for Green's work here. A rare reread.

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