Reviews tagging Panic attacks/disorders

Looking for Alaska, by John Green

11 reviews

goodreadgoodtea's review against another edition

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

laraineelizabeth's review

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? Yes

5.0

“You never know what someone is going through. Be kind. Always.” - is the quote that best describes this book for me.

Every character, every flaw, all the differences between them, their childhood & every struggle they went through makes it real. Someone in our world is one of these characters. You’ll just never know who. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Body shaming, and Bullying

lida_magg's review

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring sad tense fast-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? No

5.0

if i could give this book 100/5 i would. i would do anything to reread it for the first time again but def check tw before reading

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Car accident, and Panic attacks/disorders

nina_iv's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.75

I like the vibes even though it is diff from what i have ever read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

cassnbooks's review

emotional funny mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

re-reading this as an adult, it’s very easy to say that it was meant for the young teenage version of myself. good book overall, with an important message. john green really likes to write unreliable narrators, which makes for a interesting dynamic between the reader and the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Car accident, Death of parent, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

milliemoo207's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Loved this book so much, the description and how Alaska seemed real to me. Pudge is kinda annoying and sees Alaska and Lara how they hate women to be percieced and hes also a bit selfish but overall a good character. Love how the ending was open to interpretation of whether Alaska committed suicide or if it was an accident and ome of my all time favourite parts was when the colonel and pudge went to where the crash was. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Child death

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide

Minor: Vomit

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

amiahslibrary's review

adventurous dark informative inspiring sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Cursing, Grief, Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, Car accident, and Panic attacks/disorders

dreamingloser's review

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

I liked this book a lot and will hopefully re-read it soon and annotate it. It is the perfect mix of coming of age and still not too cliché. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, Vomit, Suicide, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

obsolete's review

emotional funny lighthearted 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

5.0

I loved this book, although

Spoiler

it does have a sex scene that may be uncomfortable to some readers

Spoiler

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Violence