Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Looking for Alaska by John Green

241 reviews

browsingthebooks's review against another edition

4.5

I read this book in a single day and learned two things:
1- John Green is a dang good writer, bless his existential little heart.
2- I deeply would never recommend this book to a teenager. 😅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, and Vomit

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

Representations of underage sexual activity (between consenting teens). Discussion of and description of pornographic material. I would put this in the minor to moderate category if there was a tag for it.

Ambiguous but possible suicide.

mandycantsleep's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

3.0

I remember reading this in middle school and absolutely loving it. So I decided to reread it now, as a 22-year-old, and I cannot say it resulted in the same outcome. I feel like a lot of the book was ... completely unnecessary.
The second half of the book felt super drawn out, I think it could have been wrapped up in just a few chapters. I was listening to the audiobook, so it ended up being 3.5 hours of the second half. Honestly, I started to lose interest after an hour in.
It was fairly obvious to me why Alaska was going out (maybe it was my memory from 10 years ago? Or more likely, just the fact that she talked about her worst day prior (her mom's death), and the date she drove off was around the same time in January.) I was just getting really annoyed at the characters, I felt like screaming through my screen, "SHE WAS GOING TO SEE HER MOM! OBVIOUSLY!" So when they finally figured it out, it wasn't some big conclusion for me.
I also think maybe it was just a bit young for me. While I was definitely too young to be reading this in middle school, I think maybe high school is the best demographic for this book. Overall, it's a really intense story and had me hooked in the first half, but lost me in the second.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Grief, and Suicide

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit, Blood, and Addiction

q_bert13's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.5

My first time reading a book by John Green, can only compliment his writing style, and his ability to make characters that are truly fleshed out and flawed, but characters you enjoy as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Cursing, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, and Drug abuse

Minor: Sexual content

rookthomas's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Alcohol, and Drug use

Moderate: Death of parent and Suicide

mattysmith's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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

4.75

At times the writing felt strange, for example in one portion the main character is writing an essay and he swears multiple times in the essay. Which, felt strange because most people don’t really swear in essays, but overall I really liked it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Death

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content

allysm0llbean's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Alcohol, Sexual content, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Death

carina_dreamer's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

Sendo isto um livro com personagens no 11° ano num colégio interno que são amantes de partidas e de espírito livre, já não sinti que tinha a idade certa para os adorar. 
Esta é uma leitura essencial para os adolescentes porque os temas que aborda são interessantes e causa reflexão sobre a mortalidade que eles não sentem alcançá-los.
Eu gostei mais da parte do "depois", já tinha identificado os sinais e deitei umas lágrimas, mas não foi um pranto como fiz com outros livros. O "antes" foi um pouco enfadonho para mim, mas a escrita do John Green é fluída e isso é um grande ponto positivo.
Adorei como o autor também começou a estória no dia 136 antes e terminou no 136 depois, é o tipo de planeamento caricato que gosto por parte dos escritores.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Car accident, and Drug use

Minor: Death of parent, Infidelity, and Suicidal thoughts

_sushmita_7's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

Well the book was pretty goodish and the ending did make sense to me but I'd have preferred more closure but I think that was the whole point of the book (the unknown, the great perhaps).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Alcohol, Death of parent, Death, Alcoholism, Suicide, and Addiction

in_themoonlight's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Death, Death of parent, and Car accident

Moderate: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts

mads2007's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Death

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, and Death of parent