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Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

10 reviews

alybark's review

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

issy_jacob's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense 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: Self harm, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Car accident

Moderate: Death and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

tirritirri_reads's review against another edition

medium-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Self harm

Minor: Bullying, Drug use, Death, and Grief

hexa's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.75

This book was recommended to me by a friend, and I'm glad that it was. It was a sweet, sad, and hopeful look on life and loss and so much more, and I loved it.

Let's talk about what I loved:
The characters: John Green has a real talent for creating developed, real characters that you can't help but love.
The dialogue: the dialogue and conversations are great, what more can I say?
The feels: this book made me cry and even laugh (not really a laugh, more of an exhale). It was great.
The writing style: the writing is consumable and accessible and makes great use of metaphors and similes.
The fanfiction: does John Green actually write Star Wars fanfiction in his spare time? How does he know so much?? He literally used the term 'kudos', like, what?? If he does then someone tell me what his A03 account is because I gotta know.

Now my criticisms:
The plot: the plot was by no way boring, I just didn't find myself as invested in it as I was the characters, which could be a fault on my part.
The abbreviations: it was a minor pet peeve, but the characters kept using abbreviations like TBH and BTW in actual, real life conversations. It just made me cringe inwardly a bit.

Ultimately, not my favourite John Green book, but still a really good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, Medical content, Car accident, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Vomit

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Toxic friendship

Minor: Drug use

rissaandherbooks's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Medical content

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Death, Drug use, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

mgdsmile's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

Green's portrayal of mental illness in this novel is extremely believable and commendable. While the plot didn't necessarily captivate me, the author's characterization of Aza did. Throughout Turtles All the Way Down, I felt as though I was fully able to empathize with Aza and her anxiety, and also with many of her obsessions and compulsions. This aspect of reading this book was truly impactful to me and made me more emotional than I expected. 

I was reminded recently that while Green's characters are often overdramatic (c.f. manic pixie dream girl & others), teenagers often just ARE- they romanticize and philosophize and dramatize as they figure out the world. The interaction between Aza and Davis didn't bother me and in fact maybe felt more realistic than I expected. Grateful for this story, and for the author's wisdom in refraining from tying a neat little bow but still providing concrete hope and perspective.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Self harm, and Grief

Minor: Suicide, Drug use, and Alcohol

nmoji's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, Drug use, Death of parent, Classism, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Chronic illness and Alcoholism

bentobookdragon11's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Car accident, Grief, Self harm, and Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, and Injury/Injury detail

*kissing but no sex, though mentioned*

laurennnn1066's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Medical content, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Abandonment, Death of parent, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Drug use

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