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nbreezy17's review
dark
funny
sad
slow-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? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Death, Vomit, and Cancer
Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol
cactusjackfruit's review
emotional
funny
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Vomit, Death, Child death, and Terminal illness
Minor: Cancer and Terminal illness
reesespuff6's review
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-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
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Vomit, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Child death, Terminal illness, Cancer, and Sexual content
lil_13's review
emotional
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Beautiful book, the author is amazing. Warning: you will cry
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Vomit, and Death
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content
dignity995's review
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
This is the first book that I am writing a review of.
For almost a year now, it has sat on my bookshelf gathering dust and hoping for someone to read it but I was in a reading slump and could not, for the life of me, pick this or any other book up for that matter. That was until yesterday evening when I thought of just sitting down to read and I picked it up.
Now, I want to read it again and again and again and again and again and again until I have this book's words flowing through my veins into my bloodstream and be a part of who I am as a person.
This is a book that caught me by surprise because although I did watch John Green's videos on YouTube, I never expected him to be so good at writing fiction.
It is a book that got me out of my reading slump, I want to read so much more now. After so many years of not feeling the drive to read for the pleasure of it, I feel like I have found myself again.
It is a book that challenged my views on life, it made me feel more alive than I have ever felt. It made me mourn characters I hadn't known for more than 2 days and it made me love every second of it.
It is so strange that we feel the most alive in face of death and despair rather than the happy and joyous.
To be honest, I wasn't bawling my eyes out or anything but I teared up at different places in the book and a year or two might have slid down my cheeks. It is a beautiful book, one that I want everyone to read and yet I don't wish to recommend it to people because there something so fundamentally human in this that to recommend it to someone who I know won't read it would be a disservice to this beautiful book.
I have loved every second of reading this book.
What I loved the most about this book is that it isn't about some one achieving a great deal of things or doing something extremely noble just to be a hero, it is simply a book of ordinary people, of the beauty in said ordinary people.
Perhaps the only other book that has made me feel so seen yet so insignificant in the grand scheme of things would be: On earth, we're briefly gorgeous.
I could go on and on about this book but as I wrap up this already very long review, I simply want to add the very first thought I had while reading this book: "How the heck is a grown man writing a better teenage girl than most of the revered authors???" Because honestly, Hazel feels so real and so close to home that I just fall in love with her and her story even more.
If you haven't read it yet, I would say READ IT FIRST.
PS. It might give you a teeny tiny bit of existential crisis so, that's also fun. But truly, it is very beautiful to read and a true page turner.
For almost a year now, it has sat on my bookshelf gathering dust and hoping for someone to read it but I was in a reading slump and could not, for the life of me, pick this or any other book up for that matter. That was until yesterday evening when I thought of just sitting down to read and I picked it up.
Now, I want to read it again and again and again and again and again and again until I have this book's words flowing through my veins into my bloodstream and be a part of who I am as a person.
This is a book that caught me by surprise because although I did watch John Green's videos on YouTube, I never expected him to be so good at writing fiction.
It is a book that got me out of my reading slump, I want to read so much more now. After so many years of not feeling the drive to read for the pleasure of it, I feel like I have found myself again.
It is a book that challenged my views on life, it made me feel more alive than I have ever felt. It made me mourn characters I hadn't known for more than 2 days and it made me love every second of it.
It is so strange that we feel the most alive in face of death and despair rather than the happy and joyous.
To be honest, I wasn't bawling my eyes out or anything but I teared up at different places in the book and a year or two might have slid down my cheeks. It is a beautiful book, one that I want everyone to read and yet I don't wish to recommend it to people because there something so fundamentally human in this that to recommend it to someone who I know won't read it would be a disservice to this beautiful book.
I have loved every second of reading this book.
What I loved the most about this book is that it isn't about some one achieving a great deal of things or doing something extremely noble just to be a hero, it is simply a book of ordinary people, of the beauty in said ordinary people.
Perhaps the only other book that has made me feel so seen yet so insignificant in the grand scheme of things would be: On earth, we're briefly gorgeous.
I could go on and on about this book but as I wrap up this already very long review, I simply want to add the very first thought I had while reading this book: "How the heck is a grown man writing a better teenage girl than most of the revered authors???" Because honestly, Hazel feels so real and so close to home that I just fall in love with her and her story even more.
If you haven't read it yet, I would say READ IT FIRST.
PS. It might give you a teeny tiny bit of existential crisis so, that's also fun. But truly, it is very beautiful to read and a true page turner.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism
Minor: Vomit
rebeccabryson21's review against another edition
emotional
funny
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I love this book! This isn’t my first read but everytime I love it more and more!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer
Moderate: Vomit and Terminal illness
mayjulyn's review
emotional
sad
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Terminal illness and Cancer
Moderate: Child death and Vomit
aliveandnotlovingit's review
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
sad
tense
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? N/A
3.0
tragically beautiful.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug use, Terminal illness, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual content, Vomit, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Medical trauma, and Ableism
elizabeth070's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
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? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Vomit, and Cancer
itsacsa's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
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? It's complicated
4.0
Este libro lo leí por primera vez en 2014, 9 años después me dieron ganas de reller y entiendo totalmente porqué fue uno de los libros más importantes de mi adolescencia. Le debo mucho a esta historia, a estos personajes y a este autor. 💙
Una historia de amor y crecimiento entre dos adolescentes, que a su corta edad pueden descubrir y compartir muchas cosas juntos. Creo que no hay nada que pueda decir de este libro que no se sepa ya, pero si aún hay gente que no lo ha leído, porfa dénle la oportunidad que merece.
Una historia de amor y crecimiento entre dos adolescentes, que a su corta edad pueden descubrir y compartir muchas cosas juntos. Creo que no hay nada que pueda decir de este libro que no se sepa ya, pero si aún hay gente que no lo ha leído, porfa dénle la oportunidad que merece.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Terminal illness and Vomit