Reviews

Schlaft gut, ihr fiesen Gedanken by John Green

sanjana_datla's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-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

3.75

Few write bildungsroman novels that feel new and relevant to the contemporary audience as well as John Green. He weaves stories that are full of joy and wonder and discovery of adolescence  but keeps them rooted in the listlessness and anxiety and melancholy that comes with crossing the threshold from childhood to adulthood. 

This is a little treat of a novel. It could never mean as much to me as Fault in Our Stars meant to me at nineteen, but just because my taste veers toward more adult themes now doesn’t mean I can’t recognize the beauty of a simple story about grief, mental illness and coming of age told with kindness and understanding. John Green’s books always spare empathy for all his characters, both the deserving and malicious, and it’s nice to live in a world with that much grace even if it’s only momentary respite. 

 

amarachireads's review against another edition

2.5

This book buckles under the weight of itself and ends five separate times 

gretaxo's review against another edition

3.0

"There's this very famous scientist,and he's giving a lecture on astronomy  to a large audience. And he's describing how the Earth orbits the Sun, and the Sun orbits the galaxy, etcetera, etcetera. And when he's finally done, a little old lady in the back raises her hand and says, "Professor, with all due respect, what you've just told us is bullshit. The truth is, the Earth is resting on the back of a giant turtle." So, the very famous scientist gives a smug smile and says,  "So, what is the turtle resting on?" And the woman replies, "It's resting on the shell of another giant turtle, of course." And the scientist says, "And that turtle?" And the woman exclaims,  "Don't you understand? It's turtles, all the way down." You're imagining the true self, the self that exists independent of circumstance, as that turtle on the very bottom of the pile. But maybe it's turtles, all the way down. Maybe you're infinite. And I think your doubts make you more real, not less."
"You're just so pathologically uncurious that you don't even know what you don't know."
"I think you will have a very full life. But I don't want to lie to you. I think it'll be hard sometimes. I think, you'll see that life unbuilt. But you'll always rebuild it. And you will never be alone. Because you will always love and be loved. And love is both how you become a person and why. Love, is how you become real."

its full of cliches but an interesting plotline

schattenkeks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Car accident

rachie_dunn's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-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

3.75

katherine_christina's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

probablestars's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective 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

4.0

danifarmer3312's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad fast-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

samanthaem's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

snikkidee's review against another edition

3.0

This book was okay. It was quick, but at my old age of almost 27, I may just be too old.

I didn’t feel much of a connection with the characters, the blog with poetry was strange considering it was written by a 17 year old male, and the conclusion of the mystery was weird.

Plus, if somebody just gave me $50,000 I feel like it would be a much bigger deal.