Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

A Simple Plan by Scott Smith

5 reviews

laneychaney's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

5.0

Couldn’t put this down

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Content warning/spoiler

child drowning

frances_frances's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.25

What a brutal read! This book was hard to get through because being in Hank's head is horrifying, but I couldn't put it down. The psychological manipulation and compartmentalization he engages in is so chilling and gross. A really interesting character study and look at human psychology. As with The Ruins, I didn't love the way Scott Smith wrote the women characters. I really wanna know more about Sarah and what motivated her actions. She was a bit of a question mark for me.

Overall, a very effective, impactful reading experience that made me squirm with discomfort.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

rockyc5's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

1.0

JUST WATCH THE MOVIE. Scott Smith also worked on it and the plot is just better. 

It's well and tightly written, defines Midwestern Noir, but for me this book SUCKS! I couldnt put it down but I also had to keep looking away! The guy is horrible about his brother and brother's dog. The story leaves you cold. The whole thing feels purposeless and meaningless. Bad choices all around. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fatphobia, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence and Pregnancy

Minor: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail

gellyreads's review against another edition

tense slow-paced

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

3.0

The first half of this book was an absolute slog. It picked up, but God. Hank is disgusting and I wanted to hurt him throughout the entire book. He should've never been married or had kids. This book made me keep thinking "men should be stopped" and not for the reasons the author wanted me to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

meganrae047's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Death of parent

Minor: Kidnapping and Pregnancy