Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang

179 reviews

em_reads's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Medical trauma, and Car accident

fkshg8465's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

2.5

I actually think 3 stars is generous of me. Her sister’s death doesn’t get really delved into even a little bit until chapter 22, yet this is the whole reason these two think they can’t or shouldn’t be together (this is not a spoiler - comes up almost immediately). There’s never an acknowledgement that there’s also the matter of workplace sexual harassment (he works for her!!!). The book would’ve been better if it dealt with her relationship with her sister and parents more instead of minimally in the last few chapters. Also needed to address Grant’s psyche more instead of just surface cover.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

lagray27's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Car accident

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

penguins_save_lives's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction, Death, and Alcohol

dcnireads's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-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

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use and Suicide

thehannahclaire's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, and Car accident

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Drug use, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

sparklingpynk's review against another edition

emotional funny sad

This one starts off VERY strong/intense and borderline morbid. The way a love story blossoms from this unfortunate and traumatic moment in each of their lives is honestly done quite well by this author. There are many questions I feel were left unanswered in a way that I felt there are holes in this story. Certain parts felt rushed and like we sort of jumped into certain pivotal moments in their separate lives and their love story. Despite having taken longer than usual to listen to an audiobook this length, I say this was a pretty easy read/listen. I could see this plot being triggering for some so be mindful if you have TWs around death of a sibling, car accidents, grief, and suicide.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, and Car accident

alfalky's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

oceanelle's review against another edition

DNF; this one was a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Grief, and Car accident

strawberrymivvy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

It took me a while to get into this book, which is not your typical rom-com in many ways.  Helen comes from a first generation Chinese immigrant family, and has a difficult relationship with her parents.  She's not sure her job as a YA writer is "good enough", even when the rights are bought to be made into a Netflix show and she has to fly to LA for 6 months to join the writers' room.

Helen is stunned to find one of her co-writers is Grant, who killer her sister more than ten years ago. Can she work with him?  Can she keep the secret from her parents who would be destroyed by the knowledge?

This is more than just an enemies to lovers trope, touching on darker issues of suicide, familial responsibilities and more, and the characters really did feel well-developed, conflicted people.

Excited to see the writer's adaptation of the Emily Henry books on the screen, and an author I'm sure I'll read more of

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, and Car accident