Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Do What Godmother Says by L.S. Stratton

6 reviews

mermaid_michelle_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Car accident, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

callme_tippy's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious 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

5.0

This book kept me intrigued and on the edge of my seat from start to finish! 

I didn't think I was a mystery/thriller reader (I'm more into horror), but this was very good. 
I did not know we were going to get 2 POV's and I am so happy that we did as it gave so much more to the book. I was very invested in both POV's and the switch always happened right at the height of the tension, which was perfect for suspense. 

Can't wait to read more from this author! Definitely recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Infidelity, Sexual content, Car accident, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence

grandpas_farts's review

slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Death of parent

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, Incest, Suicide, Vomit, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

avm917's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

First the cons:

• Unironic use of “favs” not faves, not favorites. Not my cup of tea linguistically. 
• A very uncharitable depiction of mental illness. Untreated mental illnesses can obviously be debilitating but this is so gratuitous and it does feel like it’s used as an excuse for a lot of questionable choices Shanice makes. The generational trauma and mental illness can play into the story (and obviously make Shanice second guess her reality) but something about the way her mental illness is portrayed really doesn’t sit quite right with me. 
• I think I saw just about every twist coming except two. Obviously you also feel vindicated when that happens, and surprises without breadcrumbs and foreshadowing are often ridiculous, but I wanted to be a little more surprised. 
• Because of said gratuitous use of “I’m mentally ill!”, a lot of Shanice’s choices and how on earth she’s made it this far in life baffled me. 

Otherwise, I really enjoyed this book. The tension was consistent and the shifts between perspectives/timelines made sense in the context of the story as a whole, rather than shifting for the sake of shifting. I could’ve easily devoured this book in a day or two. The writing was compelling and definitely made it easy to read quickly. This was a good choice to reintroduce me to thrillers in my adult reading renaissance. 

I read this book through a free eARC from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Drug use, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit and Abortion

kaelizaco's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism