Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Looking for Alaska by John Green

296 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

bitnarii's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective fast-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

4.0

Looking for Alaska takes a radical choice at the midpoint that I admire. I almost want to believe that it was a necessary catastrophe -- you finally get to see the "players" in the story coalesce and put their hearts to bear. I do think some of the end message and religious nods were a little heavy handed, but they added to the story, nonetheless, in a beautiful and nuanced way. It was definitely worth a read, and John Green as always is incredible. DFTBA

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Alcohol, Suicide, and Car accident

chelseeaa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Vomit

marekzan's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Self harm

kafkatattoo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Suicide, and Alcohol

rhiannon814r's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful 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

3.75

"One night... I heard a psychologist say that Americans would organize their memories around [9/11]: before and after. It occured to me that we almost always measure time in relation to what matters most to us... The story I wanted to tell was about young people whose lives are so transformed by an experience that they can only respond by reimagining time itself." -John Green on Looking for Alaska

As a (still somehow) young person with her own ever-growing list of Afters... yes. We're all stuck in the labyrinth. "The labyrinth sucks but I choose it." The best any of us can do is keep trying to seek the Great Perhaps.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Death, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, and Suicide

Minor: Body horror, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Vomit

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

autopsy's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

A truly heartfelt and melancholy book that deals with loss, grief and friendship. John green has the incredible ability to describe settings in immense detail and completely immerse the reader. This book will always be a favourite of mine, having gone through something similar. Much love to John Green and his fantastic novel writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Drug use, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Suicide

Moderate: Car accident

tita_loves_literature's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Car accident