Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Paper Towns by John Green

15 reviews

hk98's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? N/A

3.5

I thought I would give this book a try and at first it was interesting to understand the relationship between Margo and Quentin. However, as the story got on, the plot line died a little - it got slow.

Until the third section of the book where Q takes a road trip with his friends.

The ending was a bit of a letdown, I expected more of a meaningful relationship that formed between Margo and Q, but it mainly focused on their past lives and made up stories from 10-year old Margo. 

The characters were easy to understand and from it you can see why each and every one of them got on with one another or why did they not. However, the character of Ben can be quite grotesque with the vast amount of sexual and genitalia comments which can make for a difficult read at times, but I see where the author is coming from.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexism, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Racial slurs, Suicide, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol

bearystarry's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious reflective tense medium-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

The ending is beautiful, I love the sentiment and the prose. Unfortunately in the rest of the book the characters are insufferable and disappointingly typically-2008 teenagers using ableist and homophobic slurs every third paragraph.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Racism and Vomit

who_are_you77's review against another edition

adventurous reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

jsanders05's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

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

0.75

Vulgar. Over use of the r-word, and not sensitively. Boring. Forced enlightenment. Repeat of another book written by the same author. Outlandish. Unrealistic. Not a YA book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

rugbygirlreads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Toxic friendship

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

creolelitbelle's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

Reread: Upon a second reading of the book, I still enjoy it and the life lessons and metaphors imparted by the story and various characters. I can think back to my teenage mind and imagine how exciting Margo's adventures and running away from everything could feel. Q is a dense, though, with no clue as to how fruitless his obsessive search really is, even after having the premise of Moby Dick explained to him. The road trip is the fun part of the book for me still, and I understand why things conclude how they do with Margo and Q. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Bullying, Sexism, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

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

bbbookworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

shadow_seven's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.75

It has such a strong and powerful meaning about frinedship, mental instability, regrets, abandonment, love, revenge and it is so impactful for teens who are graduating high school. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Body shaming, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Toxic friendship

All of John Greens books although may seem predictable they actually aren't and usually have a very strong connection with mental health/illness and a strong connection to personal relationships and parental support/involvement.