Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Looking for Alaska by John Green

79 reviews

darkty's review against another edition

First pages and I coud not go further. Charactera that are minors are talking about their perveser fantasies. The MC is a sad male virgin that can not take his eyes of certain parts of a girl he just met, who is blantly boasting with the fact, that a guy (she was not single) groped her boob. And the, are romanzicising smoking.

I do like John Green, and I really believe that the book has an (maybe) important messge and needs to build itself up for that. But it was just too much for me. ALL WITHIN THE FIRST FEW PAGES.

I am disguted!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

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

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

aumi7055's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Alcoholism, Bullying, Addiction, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent, Sexism, and Sexual content

sleepyochre's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Car accident, Grief, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death, Vomit, Suicide, Sexual content, and Drug use

Minor: Infidelity and Death of parent

katattack345's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

This book I loved I high school, but it is meant for high schoolers. Harder to relate to the characters now. 

Still enjoyed it. Just not as much

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, and Suicide

keysoul_reader's review against another edition

funny sad slow-paced

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

2.0

I thought this book was incredibly boring. I was forced to read it by my English teacher because she said it was her favorite John green book ( I love John green btw) and I found her comment honestly disrespectful. Of all the amazing books he’s written, she chose the lost mind numbing piece of literature in his collection. The ending felt unexplained and honestly out of nowhere, but I guess that’s what you get from John Green books.  Despite how much I disliked it, John did a great job at creating a kind of time vacuum for the reader. The main character seemed to lose track of the days just like I did while reading it and it helped me to understand the main characters mental state. Overall, I wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone unless they like slow paced, dialogue based, and plot hole filled stories.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Car accident, Alcohol, and Death

valgarciq's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Car accident, and Death

Moderate: Drug use and Mental illness

kirsty_irwin's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit and Car accident

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Bullying, Confinement, Sexual content, Cursing, Drug use, Suicide, Alcohol, and Suicide attempt

mangocorpses's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Death, Alcohol, Cursing, Drug use, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts