Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Ich gebe dir die Sonne by Jandy Nelson

44 reviews

adam_ski's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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

4.25

A beautiful book about all kinds of love and reigniting in the face of life-crushing events, lies, and mistakes.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction, Car accident, and Alcohol

_fahila's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad fast-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

i gave this book a five out of five because i don’t think i’ve ever read such a creative book. this author did an amazing job with imagery and metaphors and her style of writing simply captivated me. i truly believe i could talk about this book forever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

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

weatheringaddy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.25

When reading this book, I was very intrigued by the plot and learning more about the two characters.

I was not a fan of Jude’s point of view and found that her writing during the first few chapters didn’t capture my attention unlike the other character Noah. 

As the story progresses, the more I found myself not enjoying it as I initially anticipated and the topics, discussions, and eventual ‘fights’ seem juvenile, reckless and predictable. 

I did enjoy the ending and some of the messages found in the book brought a sense of hopefulness found within grieving. 

My honest opinion on this book is that if I hadn’t purchased it I never would’ve finished it and only mere curiosity kept me reading it. A book this length typically takes me a day to read but this one took me 3 days to read and I was constantly checking my progress towards the end. 

I think this book would be best suited for a younger audience as I’m in my 20s, and more geared towards young teens. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Alcohol

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

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

mishasbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Outing, and Alcohol

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

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

Minor: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts

natutop1a's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Car accident

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

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