Reviews tagging Car accident

Looking for Alaska, by John Green

183 reviews

lily_kruse's review

emotional funny inspiring reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Car accident, Grief, Alcohol, and Suicide

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual content, Bullying, and Drug use

catnipeverdeen's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Mental illness, Death, Grief, and Alcohol

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

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

charley_books's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Grief, Medical content, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Car accident, Bullying, Cursing, Death, and Sexual content

taneeka_maharaj's review

dark emotional sad tense 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

3.75

This book deals with real life scenarios that many teenagers deal with and I think it is depicted here very well. The author makes you feel something with the way it's written. Overall a great book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Death

Moderate: Alcohol and Sexual content

masone's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Suicidal ideation

littlecogs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Death

dlrosebyh's review

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

2.5

Looking For Alaska follows Miles, an innocent child attending boarding school. No smoking, no alcohol, no sex- at least that's what his parents said. Well, he has been obedient until he met Alaska Young.

Alaska Young is a sixteen-year-old obsessed with sex, and she holds a reputation to be the only girl who hasn't cheated on her boyfriend. She loves him dearly. They're the perfect couple, at least that's what everyone thought.

One night, Alaska went missing. But Miles, or known as Purge, was determined to look for Alaska, to confess his love for her.

This book doesn't necessarily have lovable characters. If you love a character in this book and you don't kin the character, that's pretty questionable. Listen, I love pretentious characters, characters with questionable morals, and sad books. But, this didn't really do this for me.

As said earlier, Alaska is a sex addict- but the thought of a grown man writing sex scenes by teenagers is creepy, don't lie. Alaska was also oversexualized. I know it was supposed to be realistic, but it's just a no for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Car accident, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, and Sexual content

theallmightyme's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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: Grief, Car accident, and Death