Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Looking for Alaska by John Green

17 reviews

mack_urdaddy's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted sad slow-paced

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

4.25

Spoiler

Will shock you so hard you might need time to recover. Don’t get too attached.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Car accident, and Drug use

Moderate: Mental illness, Drug use, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Death

Minor: Sexual content

darkty's review against another edition

First pages and I coud not go further. Charactera that are minors are talking about their perveser fantasies. The MC is a sad male virgin that can not take his eyes of certain parts of a girl he just met, who is blantly boasting with the fact, that a guy (she was not single) groped her boob. And the, are romanzicising smoking.

I do like John Green, and I really believe that the book has an (maybe) important messge and needs to build itself up for that. But it was just too much for me. ALL WITHIN THE FIRST FEW PAGES.

I am disguted!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

chronicoverthinker's review against another edition

sommerferien

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Death

ashylibrarian's review

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

I didn't love this one. I had high expectations with the hype around John Green, but I was left feeling meh about this story. I think it brings up important topics like mental health, trauma, and substance use, however it didn't feel like there was much more to it than bringing up the topics. I don't hate that I read this one, but I don't think it will be a go-to for recommendations. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Drug abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, and Drug use

imaginethisreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Drug use, Death of parent, Cursing, Car accident, Addiction, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, and Alcohol

ahappylesbian's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense

5.0

Sobbed my eyes out when I read this at school. Added another character I kin to my list. holy moley man what a debut book. Big trigger warning though. Stay safe, and know that you are loved and that you are enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Bullying, Self harm, Sexual content, Cursing, Drug abuse, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

rory_john14's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Sexism, Suicide, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Moderate: Mental illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Toxic relationship, Classism, and Medical content

lilith_hmr's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

Finished this book within 10 days. It was a really reflective book. I almost cried at the climax of what happened.

The book beautifully captures, grief, death and guilt. It also explains very well the concept of the afterlife and why we believe in it if we do. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Alcoholism, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, and Deadnaming

trycerabel's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Car accident, Drug abuse, and Drug use

reuben394's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, Grief, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Vomit

Minor: Addiction, Misogyny, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm