Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Ich gebe dir die Sonne by Jandy Nelson

44 reviews

mkzach's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

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

dracovulpini's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia and Outing

katanai's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

3.0

nice little plot twist, love the reconciliation & connection. very sweet & love how it deals w/ loss, anger, remorse & how to heal relationships. didn't enjoy the weird age gap between the twin sister & the brit guy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use

cheesewater's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Grief, Car accident, and Outing

Minor: Infidelity and Alcohol

julia_fldo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing 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

I loved this book for both the story and the writing style which felt easy to read and whimsical at times but really brought the characters alive. I adored the twins (+ Guillermo and Oscar) so was invested in their stories and found myself getting emotional alongside them. I also feel my interest was maintained by the metaphorical/?magical realism elements and the the two perspectives at slightly different time points.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Alcohol

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

laurbubbles's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

i need to find out what happened w brian and noah like. every single one of their parts made my heart ache fr.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Alcohol

the_book_nook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

5.0

Such an amazing book - and if you're on the fence about whether or not to pick it up, all I can say is this: READ. IT. I can promise you that there won't be any regrets.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Outing, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, Vomit, and Alcohol