Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Looking for Alaska, by John Green

20 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

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

lilith_hmr's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.25

Finished this book within 10 days. It was a really reflective book. I almost cried at the climax of what happened.

The book beautifully captures, grief, death and guilt. It also explains very well the concept of the afterlife and why we believe in it if we do. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Alcoholism, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, and Deadnaming

lovecomingofage's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad fast-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

5.0

Love this story very much ! At first I don't like the style of the author, for example I never finished "The fault of the stars", but this one is absolutely incredible ! It's a coming-of-age story, and a little bit a love story but don't read it for this, which talk about how find his place in the world.

Spoiler

I would love the Alaska view point it should be so interesting to see how she really thinks !

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

thelibrarianwhodidntread's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

After a notable event partway through the book, it just seemed to drag on. I didn't find the characters engaging enough to make their "means to the end" compelling. I complained to friends and family who would listen that I "just can't wait to be done with this book". I'm of the belief every book should be given its own fair shot unless it's that unbearable. But alas, it was just mediocre. Not my cup of tea, really.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Injury/injury detail, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

romanysky's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcohol, Cursing, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Death, Car accident, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

cemilygreen's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing 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

4.0

This book is absolutely gorgeous and I can see myself rereading it one day. I read it in the oerfect point in my life and some of the quotes in it are amazing and things I’d like to come back to in the future. The plot is brilliantly paced and I loved all of the characters. Would recommend especially for a mid to late teenager 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide attempt and Suicide

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

han_mahoney's review

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

aimeewasserfall's review

adventurous funny inspiring sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Suicide attempt, and Suicide