Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Looking for Alaska by John Green

265 reviews

_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

jessers13's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident and Death

imlaurenshelton's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This book was okay, the plot reminds me of Paper Towns but with more angst and Alaska is a reflection of Peyton from OTH. The book is well written (duh it’s John Green) and can be enjoyable but the teen angst is nearly unbearable, combined with the vulgarity of these teenagers words and actions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Grief, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Car accident, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Violence, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Body shaming

swiftiesophie's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

i hate miles

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Alcohol

buttermellow's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, Bullying, and Alcohol

talia1353's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Car accident

Moderate: Sexual content

amandakath's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.5

Having first read this book in high school and now as an adult, I can say it's actually better as an adult in my opinion. 

Yes it centers around school aged teens, but the themes of death and eternity and purpose and state of being are themes that really pop up in our 20s (so goes my experience).

As a teenager, reading this book felt more like an angsty love story, and while I did relate to Alaska and her depression, it was a very surface level comparison. 

Now as an adult I still relate to Alaska, but more in the way that I understand and relate to how frustrated she was with how the world worked, and how her heart yearned for answers, and a Great Perhaps. I think on some level we all desire to find our Great Perhaps, maybe we even wonder whether there is one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Mental illness

goodin10tions's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Drug use

Moderate: Car accident, Vomit, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Bullying

booooookkkksss's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Suicide, Child death, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, and Cursing