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Ich gebe dir die Sonne by Jandy Nelson

52 reviews

pitsikakku's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Outing

cutepatzie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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

4.75

I did not expect that I will like so many books about art. And even if it's just this book containing words it was so easy to be able to see how exactly the art mentioned in the book will look like. The story is great, maybe a bit so much happens in one go like in the books but still it was an amazing story about finding yourself again and finally facing who you want to be and accepting that maybe not everyone will like who you are but the right people will always love you for an exactly imperfect version of yourself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

scifi_rat's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

curelucky's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

3.75

That first I found the book very boring and slow, but as the story progressed it became easier and more satisfying to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Violence, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

abomine's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, and Car accident

montina72's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

I unexpectedly really loved this so so much. The emotions just pour off of the page. The way the characters are intertwined and the story unfolds to fit it all together is really good. Definitely going into the favourites pile. 

Though I do wish there was more on what Noah was like at 16 and the resolution felt kinda rushed at the end. Was left wanting a little bit more. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism and Drug abuse

fujo_cat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.5

AAA this made me so emotional <3 I really like the kind of book that makes me reflect on the way I live life :') the only thing that made me a bit annoyed was how annoying Jude was for a bit in the middle of the story lol other than that, it was lovely!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Infidelity, and Outing

amazelan's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Violence, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Rape, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Sexual content, and Outing

nenya's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.75

I read this book to come out of a reading slump and oh boi, did it help. I think I knew what I was getting into when I started it - turns out I was wrong, luckily I guess. It seems like a love story at first and it is, but not how you‘d imagine it to be. While the romantic relationships play an important part for the plot and are very well done but actually it is about the love between twins who lose and find each other several times over the years. It’s got some great life lessons, inspirations and is generally a very well rounded , enjoyable story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying and Homophobia

cepbreed's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHGH I CANNOT PUT MY LOVE FOR THIS BOOK INTO WORDS. I’m literally using every little neuron in my brain right now to type out these stupid sentences. These characters are so alive, I feel like I know and love them like a bestfriend. It’s like we’ve laughed and cried together and sending them off when I finished this book just crushed me. I wish I could read this forever, embed myself in the pages. I wish I could create art like this -writing or painting- but that means I haven’t learned shit from reading this. It doesn’t matter if I’m good, it doesn’t matter if I’m shit. I’m probably both at once. In the beginning I was so attached to Noah, I felt that he and I were too similar, then comes along Jude and it’s that same feeling a second time. Never have I felt like this twice in one book. It’s a quarter to one and I’m having a full blown crisis. Usually I assign a song to every book I finish but I don’t know anything that’ll sum up this experience (I STAND CORRECTED LOL)

Song: 

• Lost It to Trying - Son Lux 
• this is me trying - Taylor Swift 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, Medical content, Car accident, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Mental illness and Injury/Injury detail