Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Te Daría El Sol by Jandy Nelson

53 reviews

kalla's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Grief, Rape, Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Bullying, Death, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

yd27's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Minor: Bullying and Alcoholism

mxfloral_'s review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Bullying, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Outing

zackarinareads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring

• 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

 3rd time reading:
I highlighted and annotated it this time and hnnngh it's still so good.

2nd time reading:
I still stand by my point that I don't know what exactly it is about this book that makes it such a fantastic experience to read, but it is so good!

I still adore the storytelling, as this book alternates between the perspectives of the twins Noah and Judeando between different points in time. What sounds confusing actually isn't and it gives the story almost a mystery aspect as the two storylines begin to tie closer and closer together and you begin to understand everything that happened.

I still love Noah so much but I've also grown to like Jude more. Both of them are very complex characters and you feel the constant tension between them.

An absolute recommendation!

1st time reading (German):

Dieses Buch ist definitiv eins der besten Bücher, die ich dieses Jahr gelesen habe.
Ich weiß eigentlich nicht genau, was mich an der Geschichte so gefesselt hat. Ein interessantes Element ist auf jeden Fall, dass Jude in der 17-jährigen Gegenwart erzählt und Noah aus der 13 1/2-jährigen Vergangenheit. Dadurch setzen sich die Hintergründe nach und nach zusammen und man hat außerdem sehr unterschiedliche Erzählperspektiven.

Ich liebe "Noahs" Schreibstil so sehr, obwohl man komplett von sprachlichen Bildern überrannt wird. Aber das ist wahrscheinlich gerade das, was ich so toll fand.

Ich habe erst eine Weile gebraucht um mich mit Jude anzufreunden, da sie am Anfang wirklich unsympathisch rüberkommt, aber das legt sich aber mit der Zeit, da man sie besser kennenlernt.

Ich weiß nicht, was ich noch genau über dieses Buch sagen soll, außer, dass ich es wirklich sehr empfehlen kann. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Addiction, Bullying, Death, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Cursing

Minor: Abandonment and Blood

_fahila's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad fast-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

i gave this book a five out of five because i don’t think i’ve ever read such a creative book. this author did an amazing job with imagery and metaphors and her style of writing simply captivated me. i truly believe i could talk about this book forever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Addiction, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

theinkdrinkerhouse's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Alcoholism

desireeahn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.0

the beginning of this book is very cliche YA coming of age, but the emotional turbulence of the plot really sneaks up on you. i love how everything came together and the conclusion is super sweet! if you're looking for an artistic worldview, flawed family relationships, obstacles in queer relationships, and fairly simple prose that is still gorgeous in its own way, this is definitely for you :)
star off for

minor/adult relationship (16 and 19)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Rape, and Outing

Minor: Alcoholism and Suicide attempt

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring relaxing medium-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? Yes

4.0

This was really enjoyable. It was harder hitting than I thought it was going to be. I honestly forgot what this was about so it was basically a mystery to me. I loved a lot of the topics discussed like grief and family and coming of age as while as sexuality. I really enjoyed the characters even though they were really quirky. I didn’t really love the writing style and how everything was described like it was to arty for me. Which makes sense why because they are artists but it was too much for me at times. Also I didn’t love the age gap of a 16 year old and a 19 year old. They did discuss it but then they just continued on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Outing, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Death, Addiction, Alcohol, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Adult/minor relationship

anneroza's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Grief, Suicide attempt, Addiction, and Death of parent

Moderate: Car accident, Infidelity, Rape, Drug use, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Outing, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, and Violence

gracedunne's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Outing, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcoholism