Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Qui es-tu Alaska ? by John Green

213 reviews

sadiebugreads's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

asienerbrown's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Car accident

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Bullying

svtephreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Car accident, Death, Alcohol, Drug use, Addiction, and Suicide

mack_urdaddy's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted sad slow-paced

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

4.25

Will shock you so hard you might need time to recover. Don’t get too attached.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Car accident, and Drug use

Moderate: Mental illness, Drug use, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Death

Minor: Sexual content

bitnarii's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective 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

4.0

Looking for Alaska takes a radical choice at the midpoint that I admire. I almost want to believe that it was a necessary catastrophe -- you finally get to see the "players" in the story coalesce and put their hearts to bear. I do think some of the end message and religious nods were a little heavy handed, but they added to the story, nonetheless, in a beautiful and nuanced way. It was definitely worth a read, and John Green as always is incredible. DFTBA

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Alcohol, Suicide, and Car accident

chelseeaa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Vomit

heatherchrisman's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Death

kafkatattoo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Suicide, and Alcohol

rhiannon814r's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-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

3.75

"One night... I heard a psychologist say that Americans would organize their memories around [9/11]: before and after. It occured to me that we almost always measure time in relation to what matters most to us... The story I wanted to tell was about young people whose lives are so transformed by an experience that they can only respond by reimagining time itself." -John Green on Looking for Alaska

As a (still somehow) young person with her own ever-growing list of Afters... yes. We're all stuck in the labyrinth. "The labyrinth sucks but I choose it." The best any of us can do is keep trying to seek the Great Perhaps.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Death, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, and Suicide

Minor: Body horror, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Vomit

joseph1984's review against another edition

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Vomit, and Alcohol