Reviews tagging 'Death'

Le monde de Charlie by Stephen Chbosky

303 reviews

andst's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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

I feel like this book really encaptures self-improvement during high school. How, at that age, we feel aimless, worthless, unlikable and inadequate. How we tirelessly look for a sense of belonging and how somehow it's never enough. It's depressing, stressful, and deeply relatable. 
Throughout the book Charlie experience a sense of hopelessness while he sees the world (and the people) around him break down into pieces, just to realize that he cannot do anything to fix them no matter how much he tries. All the characters come with their own set of problems and we can see how these problems consume Charlie completely, even if they don't belong to him. Which is something some of us can deeply relate to.
This book makes you feel seen and understood. It encourages you embrace those around you despite their flaws, because we are not perfect either. We are all trying to get through life one day at a time, might as well just do it together.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Outing, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Rape

Moderate: Car accident and Toxic friendship

Minor: Suicide attempt

mack_urdaddy's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Drug use, Grief, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, and Mental illness

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Incest

Minor: Child abuse

maggiemooreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Homophobia, Alcohol, Grief, Sexual content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Violence, Death, and Self harm

Minor: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abortion, and Rape

breedawnwriter's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

This is one of those books that changes you. 🫶

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Homophobia, Mental illness, Cursing, and Drug use

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Minor: Death, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Racism, Car accident, Pedophilia, and Abortion

A main character is gay; multiple descriptions of F/M and M/M sexual encounters; someone uses the gay slur f-word;

and references to a character being sexually abused by an adult.

leofro's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Drug use, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual violence, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Child abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Car accident

jennifereads_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Cursing

Minor: Sexual assault, Car accident, Rape, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

kyanasburger's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-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

I love this book so incredibly much. It’s important to remember that you are never alone in your struggles. Someone has felt the same way you are feeling, even if they never admitted it to someone or themselves. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Suicide, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Homophobia, and Abortion

goldnhabitx's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Alcohol, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Child death, Violence, and Suicide

Minor: Abortion, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Rape, and Infidelity

cowahbull's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad tense

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Sexual assault

fulltime_movieaddict's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Vomit, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Child abuse