Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

14 reviews

kearneth's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-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

3.5

This book, while I guess being cliche consider I am a teenage girl, was something that truly made me feel and connect with the characters, something I really struggle with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, and Chronic illness

aliveandnotlovingit's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

tragically beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Terminal illness, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual content, Vomit, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Medical trauma, and Ableism

ak97x's review

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Ableism, Addiction, and Death

mirandyli's review

emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

3.0

I remember reading this book in high school and loving it. Now that I'm older, I no longer understand the John Green hype.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Medical content, Grief, and Terminal illness

crowbarsoda's review

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

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

2.75

This book has kind of solidified the way i feel about John Green, he’s a great author in ways i can never be so i can’t hate on him for that - however all of his books are the same to me with the same types of tropes just tweaked a little. i feel like in this book specifically he just used big words to use big words and i would catch myself generally skipping over the huge blocks of text of Augustus going on one of his spiels - which would end up not mattering to the story anyways and was always there just to establish that he’s a certified “Deep Guy™️” felt a little pretentious and honestly a little disappointing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Body horror, Death, and Chronic illness

Minor: Child death, Grief, Ableism, and Confinement

stuck_in_a_good_book's review

emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Chronic illness, Death, Cancer, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Alcoholism and Ableism

Minor: Child death

kew16's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Ableism, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

melplays9000's review

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

I liked it. It was good, it was sad it was average, predictable, sweet and heartbreaking. I thought this was going to be something else when I went into it. But alas, it had vibes and the perfect balance between the heartbreaking and the heart warming. You have to go into a book about terminal illness expecting certain things and nothing in this book veered away from those expectations for me. I agree with my friend who said it was quite basic and yet I feel I enjoyed it for what is was. It reminded me a lot of All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven which I also liked. I just like these books where nothing remarkable happens. Just regular people living their lives. 

I had a good time but I probably won’t remember much in a couple months. I’m glad I read this and I can finally tell people I have. Cute book, had all the feels. 4 Stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Grief, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Ableism, Vomit, Child death, and Addiction

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

haleyscomet_'s review

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Medical content

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

thebacklistreader's review

emotional sad medium-paced

3.5

Reading this nearly a decade after it first came out was interesting. Ten years ago? 5 star read, made me sob and look at the world differently. Now, I give it a 3.5 -- definitely one of the reason's I'm pro reading a book at different stages in your life. Still a fundamnetally good book, but it is interesting the way your perspective changes when you re-read after years (I probably haven't re-read since 2015 or 2016) -- who you identify with, what makes you roll your eyes, what makes you laugh, little quips you remember underlining the first time round annoy you now. I also understand why John Green once said this was a book he could only write after becoming a parent, which adds just an additional level of heartbreak.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Death

Moderate: Ableism