Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Insomnia by Sarah Pinborough

16 reviews

faythfarrar's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, and Death

deanchaudhri's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

Had really high expectations cuz Sarah Pinborough’s previous book is one of my all time faves. While this didn’t live up to that book, it’s still a very clever, twisty thriller with some creepy supernatural elements. Scarier than some horror books iv read tbh. The twist didn’t twist as much as I wanted it to but it was very well crafted and so hard to put down at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Confinement, Car accident, Blood, Child abuse, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Mental illness

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Alcoholism, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Miscarriage

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

I'm not gonna lie, the main reason I read this book was because the twist for "Behind Her Eyes" was spoiled for me and I thought it was the craziest twist I've ever heard about. So I decided to see if her other books were the same.

This book was pretty slow in the first half in my opinion, but it kept my intrigue enough to continue. I have to admit it did take me a while to get used to her writing style. The book was kind of like a slow burn with many leading plot elements. It was entertaining enough.

I love how we really got into the main character's head.

Spoiler

At one point I seriously thought she was going crazy. I'm so happy she left her no good unsupportive husband. He really got on my nerves. And I'm also glad she was able to gain a better relationship with her sister and finally understand her mother.

Also, the twist (many might think it's outlandish) but I really liked it. It bumped the book a 0.5 star for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Violence

Minor: Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, and Misogyny

ashleyalyse's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

While I did really enjoy this book, I still found myself with unanswered a questions at the end that I felt should have been resolved better. 
It was an enthralling read, I listened while I did chores around the house which allowed me to forget about how much cleaning I was doing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, Death, Stalking, Murder, Car accident, and Child abuse

markedwithanm's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Blood, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Stalking, and Car accident

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

tspice24'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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

destinyf1988's review against another edition

dark 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Car accident

dalmavatai'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

There were some decent twists in this book that I enjoyed - definitely similar to Behind Her Eyes so if you enjoyed that I'd recommend this book. However, a lot of it was very repetitive and boring, I honestly think this book could've been about 50-100 pages shorter. Plus, I'm tired of the trope of a woman not being believed & being gaslit by everyone in her life, it's just exhausting to read in a thriller for the millionth time, especially with how repetitive this book gets. Also there was a lot of ableism in this book from all of the characters, including internalized ableism from the MC, and a shit ton of throwing around words like 'crazy' and 'mad' which I thought wasn't properly addressed at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Ableism, Death, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Car accident, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child abuse

mondovertigo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Death of parent, Infidelity, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Adult/minor relationship, Stalking, and Self harm

Minor: Vomit and Car accident