Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

7 reviews

avidreader5678's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Alcoholism

dancing_on_ur_muml0l's review against another edition

dark emotional informative 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

4.0

This is a great book, but the reason I gave it 4 and not 5 stars is because I think it has a bad marketing blurb. The main plot isn't really about the disappearance of Mr. Pickett, or anything. The plot of the overall book is divided into three main things: The Mr. Pickett case, Aza's relationship life and her thought spirals. If you're looking for a good mystery case solving novel, this is not it. If you're looking for a book about pretty friendships and romances, this is kind-of it but not really. If you're looking for information about C. Diff and parasites, you could start here.

I think it is a great comfort book, it has small town-country road pickup truck with that one rich kid in town vibes. The character's dynamic relationships weren't fun and fiction, which I really admire because the author brought the reality of the beauty of relationships into this book which just makes the character's relationships even more heartbreakingly beautiful. Everything isn't 100% amazing in the end but (at least for me) you don't walk away without not being able to accept it, because it just makes sense. I do wish the author made the book more about the Mr. Pickett case and I wish that Davis and Aza would have promised to talk to each other occasionally over the phone, since they could have still techichally communicated with their phones. Other than that, I love this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, and Death of parent

nmoji's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, Drug use, Death of parent, Classism, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Chronic illness and Alcoholism

magickshop's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Gore

Minor: Eating disorder and Alcoholism

The gore is

a brief non-graphic but visceral description of a decomposing body.

The eating disorder is a description of a real historical figure who is unable to eat due to OCD. There are also several scenes of disordered behavior involving a character consuming non-food objects.

cstein's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Self harm, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Vomit

Minor: Bullying, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Alcohol

mariamorrone's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Blood, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

alcove6's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism