Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

140 reviews

planner5002's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

3.0

This book was a little disappointing and very depressing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Child death, Death, Chronic illness, and Grief

bookbird's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.75

I have to knock off a little something because this book is so pretentious and earnest it's frankly ridiculous, but I love it. So much. I first read TFIOS at around Hazel's age, and over a decade later, it's still special to me. Sometimes my brain doesn't let me see the beauty in this world, and John Green reminds me to look for it, even when it's almost unbearably hard and annoying to do so. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Child death, Blood, Cancer, Grief, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Chronic illness

read_alot's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad fast-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: Cancer, Chronic illness, and Child death

Moderate: Mental illness, Cursing, and Death

Minor: Alcohol

buxomfloozy's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.0

This was a meh read. I didn't care for the writing style and was not attached to any of the characters. It had moments I enjoyed, so I kept reading, but overall it was pretty boring in my opinion. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Death, Cancer, and Child death

shull3464's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

This book ripped my heart from my chest, but also brought to light the struggles of individuals with a chronic illness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Grief, Medical content, Cancer, Death, Vomit, Terminal illness, Child death, Chronic illness, and Medical trauma

elisa_atkins's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Child death

cadybooks's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, Medical content, Death, Grief, Vomit, and Child death

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Blood

bookishlittleme's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I'm an absolute sucker for star and universe metaphors, analogies, what have you. I found it very sweet although it's known to be sad and a little too real at times. It's a good little coming of age time with tons of metaphors and symbolism here and there. It's worth the read. Plus the movie's pretty enjoyable as well :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Cancer, Child death, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Excrement

emminkirjakasa's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

2021: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - I remember how much i loved this book when i was younger. I found Augustus a bit annoying at the beginning, but he got better thankfully. 
I remember the quotes me and so many others loved and still found them to be amazing. My favorite is: “As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.” 
This book made me feel happy and sad, and i did enjoyed it a lot. It still is an 5 star book and deserves all the hype it got.
Green knows how to play with words and still keep the book nice an easy read.

2013: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Death and Child death

stuck_in_a_good_book's review against another edition

emotional funny sad 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: Gaslighting, Chronic illness, Death, Cancer, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Alcoholism and Ableism

Minor: Child death