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The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue

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matildaesandell's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

3.75

This was a very enjoyable read! It’s one of those books that explores a characters experience in their early 20’s, from a reflective point in their 30’s and it honestly gave me some perspective on some ways I should be reflecting on the stage of life I am in. Most notably, people in their early 20’s on deal in absolutes (e.g everything is either the absolute best or the world is falling apart). Bit too real 😂

I tandem read this one, listening to the audiobook and reading it physically and honestly recommend both mediums. The book is centred around and Irish FMC, so the audio book has an Irish narrator/accent and it was very enjoyable!

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rbg's review against another edition

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emotional funny sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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idesofmarch's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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starzzee's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

loved it so so so so so much

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readingspells's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
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

If you like messy and chaotic female characters then The Rachel Incident is for you.

Rachel is telling us her own story, looking back from where she is now, married and pregnant living in London to her post university years in Cork and her friendship with James and, well all the stuff that happens round that. No spoilers here apart from to say that Dr Bryne is a spineless man who I wanted to burn to the ground.

Rachel is young and basically lurching from one problem, worry, issue to another. She makes some terrible decisions but for the most part I found them completely understandable. I liked her even though I had my head in her hands as she fucked things up.

This book totally kept me engaged and I zipped through it in about 3 days. It was easy to read, the story flowed and kept me engaged and the ending was mostly satisfying.

Solid 4 stars for this one.

Content Warning: Abortion, miscarriage, cheating.

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