Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

46 reviews

beesreadingshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

rosenau's review against another edition

challenging informative 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Medical content, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Car accident, Excrement, Grief, and Vomit

odetojersey's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious 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

Goddamn John Green, you’ve done it again. My only qualm is that I wish high school me had read this. She would’ve really resonated with Aza.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Death of parent, and Medical trauma

Minor: Vomit

hinkleh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Mental illness

Moderate: Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical trauma

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Body horror, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Vomit, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Drug use, and Eating disorder

cstein's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

This, to me, is such an important book. Though the plot itself may not be tremendously innovative, Green's descriptions of the emotional highs and lows of life with anxiety/OCD are at once nauseating, jarring, and comforting in their accuracy. The last few paragraphs gave me goosebumps. As with "The Anthropocene Reviewed," I am profoundly grateful for Green's work here. A rare reread.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Self harm, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Vomit

Minor: Bullying, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Alcohol

coffeeatthebeachwoodcafe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Eating disorder

idailf's review

challenging emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.75

Very well written and interesting! I could not put it down (which is why this review was written 4:36 in the morning)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Death of parent, and Mental illness

Moderate: Abandonment, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Alcohol

clapyourshands's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-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

Ed: After mulling it over more, I decided that I loved it, and I think it’s the most sophisticated book Green has written by far.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content

nfarrell24's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.5

I felt seen by this book. As someone who struggles with medical anxiety, I understood Aza’s complex anxieties and fears on a real level. John Green did an amazing job of examining mental illness and how it can intrude on every aspect of an individuals life, even when they are taking steps to try to combat their sickness. I’ve never felt an author so accurately represent mental illness as Green did in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Vomit

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Death