Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Only Survivors by Megan Miranda

27 reviews

herelieshenry's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Megan Miranda is adept at weaving together the past and the present; the twist here is a bit stronger than the first book of her’s I’ve read, because it feels a bit more foreshadowed as opposed to being kind of sudden. I’m starting to notice some themes that appear to be recurring in her work that interest me, like the nature of being an outsider, the choice to protect people you love, and the complex feelings of someone who has been made to feel invisibilized. I really enjoyed the setting—both the Outer Banks vacation house and the Tennessee ravine feel very vivid and integral to the book as settings. The audiobook in particular is stunning; the full cast helped keep the flashback chapters distinct and Allwine’s voicework here was a lot stronger than in The Last to Vanish.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Stalking, and Car accident

Moderate: Addiction, Death, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

emilyjean917201999's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Violence, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

cassielaj's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I read the whole audiobook in a day. I couldn’t stop. The timeline jumping and the forward-backward storytelling was super effective in pushing things forward, as was the character shifting in the “then” chapters. I thought this was a super original premise, and well crafted for the most part! I definitely caught some twists ahead of time, but usually not too far ahead. There were a few things I wish had been tied up a little more effectively, but overall I liked this one a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicide, and Stalking

lpdx's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol

laurawoods13's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood and Stalking

rready's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Suicide, Stalking, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

ashlynhammer95's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Suicide, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

beckyremillard's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

readingwithmeredith's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Grief, Stalking, and Car accident

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Adult/minor relationship is more a crush from minor to adult than anything on page

luverbyrd's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Wasn't hooked right away. Probably took 70 or so pages into it to get invested in this group of characters. When you read the Past excerpts, you start to understand them a little better.
The thrill, mystery aspect was fun but it kind of fell flat for me by the end. Things just didn't make sense completely still, I have questions on motives and the chain of events...I guess I wanted more answers by the end and I didn't get the ones I wanted.
I did have fun reading this though and flew through the last few chapters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship