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The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary

15 reviews

signalprocess's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

green_bone's review against another edition

challenging tense slow-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Rape and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

kalin_grace's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

quasinaut's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful fast-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

I adore Beth O'Leary's writing and how she builds her characters, but this was my least fave of her three books I've read thus far. I'm not quite sure why. Maybe the alternating timelines made it hard to get invested in the characters? Maybe Addie didn't feel fully realized to me? Maybe I'm not a fan of second-chance romance? 

The interactions with the full cast of characters made the book for me. Deb made me love her, Rodney amused (and, later, annoyed) me, and Marcus appropriately pissed me off. I appreciated the intricacies -- who needed to apologize, who misunderstood what happened, who got in over their head, who turned to whom for support. 

Still engaging, just not my fave.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Sexual content, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

hmatt's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Classic Beth O'Leary here: a hilariously-told and very cute romance with complex characters and a slightly ridiculous premise. This one felt just a little too long for me with a bit of weird pacing, like the antics were slightly too ridiculous and then the ending creeped up and it was all wrapped up too fast. I also felt like the characters were less relatable than those in the author's other books, but that has more to do with their younger ages and how many of them were posh English people than how they were written. This author always does a fantastic job of writing rich and flawed characters that feel very real, and I once again came away wanting to "check up" on all the primary and secondary characters after the novel finishes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Car accident, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, and Stalking

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Violence, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor pregnancy tag for breastfeeding and discussions of becoming pregnant. Minor homophobia tag for several brief mentions of a minor homophobic character.