Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Looking for Alaska by John Green

192 reviews

kat_rowlen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted relaxing fast-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? No

3.5

Really enjoyed this read! It was a nostalgic book for me as well. You will feel a whole range of emotions! The accents in the dialogue were a little annoying at times though 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infidelity, Suicide, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

ella1212's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

Was sad. But like, teen angst sad. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death and Death of parent

dreamer01's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content and Death of parent

Minor: Racism and Vomit

elijah__'s review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Suicide, and Vomit

anutter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Sexual content, Suicide, Vomit, Death of parent, and Classism

boyishgirl's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Suicide

Minor: Death of parent

mushroomgal's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-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

Moderate: Death, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Death of parent

julie_mld's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Vomit and Death of parent

georgie_mb's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad slow-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

4.5

I loved it like I thought I’d love it, with all the charms for Green’s writing (apart from a few questionable lines which were acceptable to say at the time) but it didn’t break me like Paper Towns and The Fault In Our Stars did, hence knocking off half a ⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Car accident, and Alcohol

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Cursing, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

maxthefish's review against another edition

challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Death of parent