Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Ich gebe dir die Sonne by Jandy Nelson

56 reviews

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring relaxing 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

4.0

This was really enjoyable. It was harder hitting than I thought it was going to be. I honestly forgot what this was about so it was basically a mystery to me. I loved a lot of the topics discussed like grief and family and coming of age as while as sexuality. I really enjoyed the characters even though they were really quirky. I didn’t really love the writing style and how everything was described like it was to arty for me. Which makes sense why because they are artists but it was too much for me at times. Also I didn’t love the age gap of a 16 year old and a 19 year old. They did discuss it but then they just continued on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Outing, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Death, Addiction, Alcohol, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Adult/minor relationship

anneroza's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Grief, Suicide attempt, Addiction, and Death of parent

Moderate: Car accident, Infidelity, Rape, Drug use, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Outing, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, and Violence

gracedunne's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Outing, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

daisywilkes's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Violence, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

jailynn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Addiction

Minor: Homophobia and Sexual assault

imaginefishes's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

4.0

Watching the pieces of the “mystery” fall in place was extremely satisfying! Apart from that, the tone of the book reads as average 2014 YA, which turned me off a little but the interesting overarching plot and well-developed characters made up for it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Bullying

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Drug use, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts

letiross's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Car accident, Drug use, and Alcoholism

jaibin's review against another edition

adventurous funny sad fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, and Bullying

Moderate: Drug abuse and Death

dlrosebyh's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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

3.25

Jude and her twin brother, Noah, were inseparable at first. Noah is always drawing and falling for the fascinating lad next door, while daredevil Jude wears red lipstick, cliff-dives, and does all the talking for both of them. 

 

Years later, they are hardly communicating. Something has occurred to the twins that have changed them in distinct but equally painful ways...but then Jude meets an interesting, seductive boy and a mysterious new tutor. The early years belong to Noah, whereas the latter years go to Jude. But they each only know half of the narrative, and if they can only find their way back to each other, they'll have an opportunity to reshape their world. 

 

I wasn't a great lover of the writing style in this book, but the plot was fantastic anyway. I adore lyrical prose and a decent book with superb writing, but this one didn't do it for me. It felt like I was working too hard to write "perfect" poetic language, and I didn't enjoy it. The multiple POVs were also perplexing for me—the twins were too identical to one other, with the main difference being that one was gay and the other was not. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, and Car accident

nataliebootlah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

There is so much laced into the pages of this beautiful little book—life, love, grief, regret, and what feels like the whole damn world. It made me feel all the feels and I hope it does the same for you. 🥲

Noah and Jude are twins, they’re inseparable. Until they’re not. This is their mesmerizing story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Car accident, and Homophobia

Moderate: Addiction, Infidelity, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault