Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Looking for Alaska by John Green

73 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

joseph1984's review against another edition

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Vomit, and Alcohol

shelbynik's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death, Alcohol, Suicide, Cursing, Car accident, and Mental illness

aumi7055's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Alcoholism, Bullying, Addiction, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent, Sexism, and Sexual content

gemstonejasper's review

hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

I put off reading this book for so long and I wish I hadn't. For some reason, I thought it was about something completely different. It was a really good read and I finished it in just a few days (which is fast for me). I really enjoyed and related to Alaska and the other characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Child death, Suicide, and Mental illness

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, Cursing, and Car accident

Minor: Sexual harassment

ak97x's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Classism, Adult/minor relationship, and Abandonment

ktdaugherty's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Death of parent

keelan's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Grief, Suicide, Terminal illness, Addiction, Mental illness, and Alcohol

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

rubydooby18's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad fast-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

I’ll always love Looking For Alaska. Despite a bit of a complicated main male character who can be hard to like in the midst of reading I loved the character of Alaska. Misunderstood and adventurous. She deserves the world and the book is incredibly moving. 


<potential spoiler> 


<Encompasses grief amongst young adults from a very sudden loss very well and will forever make me cry.>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Car accident, Death, Suicide, Grief, and Mental illness