Turtles All The Way Down by John Green: A Book Review
Genre: Young Adult
If you haven’t heard of John Green before this review, he is legendary for killing off his main characters and for inflecting intense pain into his readers. Turtles All The Way Down has one and not the other. Rather than seeming less then his other works (The Fault in Our Stars), though, Green manages to create a rounded story of an unconventional character coming-of-age.
Looking at what it can be like having a mental diagnosis growing up, Green uses the characters of the story to ask questions about our own humanity and actions. While there were instances that seemed to be for the sole purpose so that Green could keep happy friends or groups intact, the most annoying part was the romantization of mental disorders. While clearly showing the problem of society not fully understanding mental health, Green, himself, shows a lack of understanding of all the ways mental health comes into play. Of course, to give him credit, Green does give humor to the side of reality and heart to the side of hopelessness.
Plot: 8/10
Characters: 8/10
Writing: 9/10
Editor: 10/10
Total: 35/40
Title: Turtles All The Way Down
Author: John Green
Edition: Hardcover
Published: June 11, 2019
Publisher: Dutton Books
ISBN: 9780525555384
If you want to get it: Amazon; Barnes&Noble
Rosey Reviews 
I liked this book. It’s hard to find anything with OCD rep out there that takes the diagnosis seriously and isn’t totally stereotypical. This is the only book I’ve read by John Green but I’ll read a few others eventually.
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True, it is very hard. I feel like he romanticized it too much though. Have you seen my Breaking the Mental Stigma post? While non-fiction, it was interesting sees all the different ways mental health affects people.
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