Reviews tagging Self harm

Looking for Alaska, by John Green

7 reviews

ahappylesbian's review

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

serendipity421's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicide

ashleereadsbooks692's review

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Grief, Child death, Death, Car accident, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

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

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

alexandriasreads's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Addiction, Alcohol, Car accident, Death, and Self harm

artchickcore's review against another edition

4.25

I’m going to be honest- I am a John Green apologist. He deconstructs the manic pixie dream girl so well, especially in this novel, until she is raw and bleeding and something almost hideous. Pudge is an unreliable narrator- he sees Alaska through rose colored glasses and that’s the point. Men are unreliable narrators. He didn’t see her until SPOILER it was too late. John Green manages to spin a novel of lust, obsession and big red warning signs again, and this one happens to be my favorite.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm and Suicide