Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Paper Towns by John Green

62 reviews

maetaurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

I’ve heard a lot about it over the years but never read it, or seen the movie, and decided it was time to give it a read. I’d seen some vague spoilers here and there and knew the basic plot, so I sort of knew what I was getting myself into. Overall, I enjoyed Paper Towns. It was a relatively quick read and I found the characters interesting enough to want to keep going. I will say, I don’t think this book aged well. There’s quite a few controversial and offensive words used that I was surprised to hear. My main complaint is that towards the end, the characters blatantly tell the reader what the moral of the story is, which I didn’t like. I wish it had been more of a “show don’t tell” situation. The ending is also a little underwhelming, but I did already know this based on previous spoilers. But overall I’d recommend this book to any John Green fan. If you liked any of his other books, you’ll probably also like this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Suicide

zoerose02's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Homophobia and Suicide

soyb3an's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Car accident, and Alcohol

jesse_jellyfish's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Animal death

mattyb's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Dysphoria

Minor: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Car accident, and Alcohol

rafacolog's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Alcohol

wollhaarmammut's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

fanboyriot's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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

Read For:

Road Trip

Small Town

Good Friendships

High School Setting 

Missing Person/Runaway

I loved the writing style of this book.  The adventure and mystery was so entertaining to read.  It felt a bit ridiculous but it was so enjoyable to read.  Though the ending wasn’t as satisfying as I was hoping for.

Release Date: 16, October 2008

POV: First Person

Spice: n/a

Rep: BIPOC (SC)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Car accident

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Blood

kassidyreads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Fatphobia and Racism

kat_rowlen's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely loved this book! The story was engaging from the get go and never slacked up. John Green creates characters easy to fall in love with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Car accident