Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Looking for Alaska, by John Green

118 reviews

shadow_seven's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Car accident, Grief, Self harm, Death, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

georgie_mb's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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

4.5

I loved it like I thought I’d love it, with all the charms for Green’s writing (apart from a few questionable lines which were acceptable to say at the time) but it didn’t break me like Paper Towns and The Fault In Our Stars did, hence knocking off half a ⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, Alcohol, and Suicide

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

romy_elizabeth13's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcohol, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Vomit

kirsty_irwin's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit and Car accident

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Bullying, Confinement, Sexual content, Cursing, Drug use, Suicide, Alcohol, and Suicide attempt

mangocorpses's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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: Child death, Death of parent, Death, Alcohol, Cursing, Drug use, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

mels_reading_log's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad 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

I bought this book years ago and it’s just been chilling in my TBR pile until now. I think partly because John Green writes amazing, deep, tragic, teenage love stories and I’m not always in the mood for that. But the day came, and I loved this book. It was deep and the characters were all so smart and multifaceted, they were like real kids fighting through all the ups and downs they have to face daily, while still trying to be silly and have fun. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Death, Grief, Suicide, Death of parent, and Panic attacks/disorders

larrytornado's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

5.0

I should make a category for books that make me say, "Well.... damn" and sit down for an hour motionless.

This book is an archetype of that category. Stunning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Suicide, and Car accident

tbwhite23's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death, and Alcohol

Moderate: Grief and Addiction

psliz's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

before/after storyline is everything. before, curious. after, heartbroken. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Infidelity, and Drug use

Minor: Suicide

bleuennreads_'s review against another edition

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

3.75

I have to admit that I was a little disappointed. I expected more, without really knowing what.

I really liked the writing and the characters are well written even if I didn't particularly get attached to them. I really liked the friendship between Miles and Chip. On the other hand, the character of Alaska disappointed me a little, I expected to know more about her but she remains quite enigmatic (which also makes all the singularity of the character).

I'm putting a warning from here because what I'm about to say can potentially be a spoiler ⚠️ I found the book quite similar to Allé the bright places because of the chapters "...days before/ after" so it gave me a somewhat annoying deja vu and made the plot too predictable. ⚠️ (end of the warning)

I also found the ending a bit long and repetitive, but overall it's still a good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Car accident

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Suicide, and Sexual content