Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Looking for Alaska by John Green

336 reviews

mwesthaven's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, Abandonment

millywithay's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Classism

pselden's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional informative inspiring reflective 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

---

I don't know what I expected with this book, but it wasn't this. Looking for Alaska is so much more. Thank you for bringing this story into the world, John Green, and for sharing it with us. 💜

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol

alaskanbee's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

This book really teaches to be better to one another. You don't know what someone is going through.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Car accident, Alcohol

A group of friend's at a church camp trying to survive being a normal teenager, and other personal life effects.

jackiemarchioni's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Domestic abuse

mranger98's review against another edition

4.0

emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

I first read this book when I was in high school, and after finding it at the thrift store for 99 cents, decided to re-read it with an adult brain. I had forgotten most of what happened in the roughly 10ish years since I last read it, and I think it holds up pretty well. In my opinion, this book is a great choice for many high school students to read. It deals with difficult topics in a way that is accessible and relatable for people that age. It’s unfortunate that this is frequently banned/challenged in schools.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Car accident, Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide, Alcohol

idathenoodle's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Suicide, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol

natniss's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

I've put off reading more John Green for a few years since The Fault in Our Stars had me SOBBING in public. I was sensible and read this one at home so only my fiancé saw the state I was in by the end.

I didn't like any of the characters but I believed in them. The protagonist is callous and more concerned with getting some action than anything else but I think that was true for a lot of us in our teens. 

Although you can probably tell what's coming,

Alaska's death

is so painful. When I was at school a

boy died in an accident and it really turned the world upside down for us other kids because most of us hadn't known someone young die before or hadn't given much thought to the concept that one of our peers could die so young. One day he was there and the next he was gone.

Whether or not someone reading this had something happen at a similar age, that they can relate to this book, I think for most readers it will be a very emotional read.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Sexual content, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders

phantastic's review against another edition

3.75

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide attempt

alisondn96's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

This was a re-read from years and years ago. Still holds up today 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, Alcohol