Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

8 reviews

illgiveyouahint's review against another edition

challenging hopeful 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

3.75

I really loved Aza's unique voice. It's clear that John has personal experience with OCD. The plot at first feels very John Green-esque until you realise the plot is not the point and it's only a means to an end. The first two thirds of the book were fine but felt kinda like any other John Green book but then the last third took up speed and really drew me in. Like this might end up being my favourite book of his after The Anthropocene Reviewed.
I'm glad this book exists so people can understand OCD a bit better.
Also there is just so many book references in this. That's such a John Green thing to do tbh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Car accident, Classism, Death, and Grief

Minor: Excrement and Forced institutionalization

sydneylmeyer7's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Mental illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Car accident and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Death of parent

vercopaanir's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-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

I cried!  I loved being inside Aza’s head although it made my heart hurt for this fictional character sometimes.  It was interesting to experience someone else’s… experience, I guess, with OCD that is more debilitating than mine, because I was able to relate in some ways and not others.  I thought the friendships were very real and well-written.  Overall a good book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Medical content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Ableism, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Toxic friendship

When we find out what Daisy writes about Aza as “Ayalah” (not sure of spelling, I listened to the audiobook), it kinda pissed me off! That’s not a healthy friendship! I’m glad they made up but venting about how awful your best friend is in fanfiction (published, specifically) isn’t okay.

The whole thing is a spoiler, sorry.

fancymcgee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

wow. just wow. this is the first i’ve read of john green and i see why he is so popular. the writing? the living through the mental illness with her? the title? the connection to the title? giving her the SPOILER —————-/PAINTING AND HER KEEPING IT FOREVER. fuck. no one says goodbye unless they want to see you again. this book was like reading the spiral of my own life on paper. 
a big problem i had with this is book is that basically after getting institutionalized, everything is better? it felt like the book had developed such a good and strong concept of how bad her mental health was and it just dipped off. 
also sad about davis, but i think that was greens way of making it “not a happy ending” but it was very fake and i feel unfinished. 
and daisy? fuck her. calling her a burden? i don’t care. that was fucked. SPOILER ava was literally drinking hand sanitizer for weeks but yeah sure daisy you’re the one who’s struggling. fuck i hated that 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Death of parent, Car accident, Death, and Forced institutionalization

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

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

denizens98's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts