Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

574 reviews

babyleo's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Minor: Body horror, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, and Medical content

yoyoitsflo's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm, Abandonment, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Vomit and Alcohol

This book explicitly details the character’s inner intrusive thoughts that occur due to her OCD for at least 98% of the book. If that might be triggering in anyway, please proceed with caution.

cande_luvisotti's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, and Grief

joanna77_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

The mental illness rep was very good in my opinion, but I hated how pretentious the teens were and the best friend Daisy was quite literally the worst.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

mollylovesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm

cozy_tea_reader's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

5.0

I felt so seen by John Green’s portrayal of mental illness and OCD, it was probably the best depiction of OCD I’ve ever seen or read and I know I will end up re-reading it again sometime soon! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Mental illness

kindred_spirit_96's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Mental illness

lyricallit's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

John Green still breaks my heart in the best ways, the author who made me want to defend YALit in a master's thesis. This book is a beautiful conclusion to his YA era. I had put off reading it for too long but the release of a film adaptation finally motivated me. I do not have OCD, but it has overlap with anxiety and this is such a devastatingly accurate depiction of spiraling, paralyzing episodes. Read with care. 

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Content Warnings

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

eefjeee's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Self harm, Grief, Death, Mental illness, and Medical content

bmpicc's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

Mental illness, friendship, young love. Green remembers what it was like and it shows in his stories.

It is interesting, after reading his collection of essays and getting to know him through his vlogs, how much of himself I find in books. 

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Content Warnings

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