--- product_id: 47221673 title: "Turtles All the Way Down Hardcover – October 10, 2017" brand: "john green" price: "€ 9.29" currency: EUR in_stock: false reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.gr/products/47221673-turtles-all-the-way-down-hardcover-october-10-2017 store_origin: GR region: Greece --- # Turtles All the Way Down Hardcover – October 10, 2017 **Brand:** john green **Price:** € 9.29 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Turtles All the Way Down Hardcover – October 10, 2017 by john green - **How much does it cost?** € 9.29 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.gr](https://www.desertcart.gr/products/47221673-turtles-all-the-way-down-hardcover-october-10-2017) ## Best For - john green enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted john green brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Turtles All the Way Down Hardcover – October 10, 2017 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/IMAGERENDERING_521856-T2/images/I/51f11qtfyQL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Anxiety learning tool *by A***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 4, 2023* I very much liked this book. It talks about the internal side of anxiety very nicely and makes it easy for those who have a hard time understanding from an out side perspective. This book also clearly details how it feels to dissociate in the middle of an interaction and the shame and discomfort after one comes back to reality. I would recommend this book to anyone struggling with their own anxiety or other mental illness. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Read in two days. I have a very personal connection with this book. *by E***H on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 26, 2021* ***Reviewed by my son***Turtles All the Way DownI read this in two days. This will be a long post since I have a very personal connection with this book. Reader discretion is advised: this will touch on mature topics and include profanity.This story primarily touches on mental illness--specifically, anxiety and OCD. I struggled intensely with anxiety and OCD for 6+ years of my life (still do, but not nearly as bad as it used to be). For years, I was thinking about suicide every day for a significant part of each day. I had plans. I wanted the anxiety to end, and I knew of no way but sleeping--and death was permanent sleep, so I gravitated toward it. I remember being trapped in thought spirals for extended periods of time and being tormented day after day by my illness. I would go through my rituals over and over, blanketed in shame and fear and worry. Nothing was enough. I would always think of another way to worry, another way that I didn't /do it right/. Sometimes, I would engage in self-harm by hitting myself with blunt objects. The spirals would go down and down, on and on, tightening and tightening with no end. They started small, like a dam with a leak, and then broke out and swept me away in the current as I drowned.I remember having such deeply introspective and strange thoughts about my identity and my mind that I thought no-one else in the world would ever think. They were paradoxical, and there was no way to find the answer. I was crazy. I knew I was crazy. I was also alone. I knew of no-one else who could empathize with me. No-one else knew what it was like. I only wanted it to stop, and I couldn't stop it.Like I said earlier, I am doing much better now than I used to. Still, these illnesses are present with me. Then, along comes this random book called "Turtles All the Way Down" that my mom got me. I read it. I was dumbfounded. Someone else understood. I thought I was all alone, and now, here I was, reading this book. And I knew: "This guys gets it." I finally found someone who can empathize. I'm not alone.I was really mind-blown in the later chapters where the main character asks deep questions about their identity, the answers to which are beyond the reach of Man. He wrote down the EXACT SAME WEIRD THOUGHTS I HAD almost WORD FOR WORD. It was eerie, how it felt like this guy had the password to my subconscious and had seen into my brain. But that's not the case; the fact is that I'm not alone in all this. And it'a a relief.I have a love-hate relationship with this book. I love it because it accurately reflects how it feels to be in a thought spiral, caught in OCD and anxiety, and I can relate to it very well. I hate it because it accurately reflects how it feels to be in a thought spiral, caught in OCD and anxiety, and I can relate to it very well. Much of me is happy that I'm not alone. But another part of me reads this book and thinks, "Yeah, no shit, Sherlock. That's exactly how it feels. I had blacked out those 6+ years and only remembered fragments, but now you brought it all back. Thanks." But really, that's a small part of me. I am grateful.If you've ever wondered what it's like struggling with anxiety--specifically OCD--, then read this book. It's not perfect, but it's close. Specifically, there are two ways the book falls short: 1) it's a zillion times more intense when you're experiencing it than when you're reading a book on it, and 2) the book, by its very nature of being a book, cannot portray how blisteringly FAST thought spirals move and constrict. Otherwise, it's great. Highly recommended.Book: Turtles All the Way Down by John Green(I am getting professional help. I have a psychiatrist and a counselor. I have a support network. I am not asking for pity parties or for attention. I am only bringing attention to this book. Mental illness is hard to understand for those who don't have it, and that cannot be held against them. But they should try to understand. This book might be a good first step.)- S.H. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Definitely One of My Top 5 Reads This Year! *by K***. on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 14, 2018* I’ve been struggling to figure out how to write this review since I finished reading the book a few days ago, so it might be a bit messy and a bit long. Let’s start off with a trigger/content warnings. Some I noticed and some I grabbed from Katie’s review, which you should also read (after this one, of course) because she’s brilliant.- Disordered eating- Anxiety/Panic Attacks- OCD Thought Spirals- Depersonalization- Self HarmI usually have a bit of order to my reviews but, as previously stated, this one is going to be a bit messy. Turtles All The Way Down is one of my most anticipated releases this year… one of the few I actually went out of the way to put money away for and preorder so I could be sure to have it on release day. I did this before ever seeing the cover or reading the actual synopsis. Why? Not because I’m a John Green fangirl. In fact, this is only the second book he has authored that I’ve read.So, why did I go out of my way to get my hands on this book without even knowing what it would be about or what it would look like? John Green mentioned in an interview that he had been working on Turtles All The Way Down for quite a while and he wasn’t sure how it would be received because it’s somewhat different from his other novels. In this novel, he was writing his own experiences. Now, I could go on and on about the lack of good mental illness representation, especially ownvoices, but honestly that deserves its own post.Turtles All The Way Down is ownvoices for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (often referred to as OCD) and the Anxiety that so often goes with it. I am an ownvoices reader for both. Knowing nothing about the plot in advance meant nothing because I know how limited good representation is and how abundant bad rep is for most mental illness. I know how rare it is that I could possibly see myself so well in a character on the page.Now that I’ve explained why I initially picked the book up, I’m going to pretend to follow my usual order a bit before returning to the topic of the representation.The story is told in first person from Aza’s point-of-view, so the characters are all developed as she sees them. John Green did an amazing job of this, especially when it came to limiting how Aza saw the other characters. Given that certain aspects of each personality were left off because of how they were seen by Aza, I felt like each character was really well developed. I could easily see myself having a conversation with any of them.Turtles All The Way Down is set in Indianapolis, Indiana. I’ve never been there, but it’s a big city so I feel like it probably couldn’t be much different from the one I live in. It was built up well enough that I could see myself in most of the situations, though I’m not sure how much of that was my brain filling in what I have experienced or if the descriptions were just that good. It’s been a few days since I finished reading and those edges have been filed away a bit. I did enjoy seeing the variety of locations used, but I’m not sure how immersive the world building was.The plot of the story was very interesting. It was sort of like coming-of-age combined with mystery, which was surprisingly enjoyable. I also liked how there were multiple subplots running through the entire novel and solving themselves at various points. The whole story flowed really well and even when there were plot twists (and oh were there plot twists) it was easy to follow.I feel like a lot of the reason I’ve had trouble writing this review is because with most books the feeling I’m left with is a simple one. Happy. Sad. Angry. Irritated. This book left me with so many feelings, but the one that I feel the most is one I don’t often feel after finishing reading a novel: Validated.Throughout the entirety of Turtles All The Way Down, John Green doesn’t shy away from the good or the bad that comes with OCD and anxiety. It was so realistically portrayed that it triggered a thought spiral for me so definitely read with care if you’re also an ownvoices reader. It was so incredible though to see that I’m not the only one who experiences this the same way as I do. We got to see both the invasive thoughts and the logical ones Aza attempted to use to push the invasive ones away.I had to force myself to split reading this into two sittings because life happened, but I could easily have stayed up and finished reading it in a single sitting. If John Green’s other books are written half as well as this one, I’ll read every single one. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.gr/products/47221673-turtles-all-the-way-down-hardcover-october-10-2017](https://www.desertcart.gr/products/47221673-turtles-all-the-way-down-hardcover-october-10-2017) --- *Product available on Desertcart Greece* *Store origin: GR* *Last updated: 2026-05-09*