Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh

21 reviews

book_lover1028's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Car accident, Cursing, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual violence, Violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

ria_mar's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Rape, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

clairebonney's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Murder, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Animal death, and Pregnancy

-Brief description of a deceased puppy in Ch. 10 -Detailed description of a dead kitten at the end of Ch. 28 -Beau the dog survives the story

jj_tj's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child death, Car accident, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Infidelity, Blood, and Stalking

chailady's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

Holy! The plot twist(s). The authentic writing. Plus Part 1 and Part 2 are so different! I was so caught up with the intensity of the plot, the twists, the characters, the language that I did not want to stop reading. 
I may need to reread this one, just to see if it’s that good or did I just miss the obvious clues? I strongly believe it’s that good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Emotional abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

gemin1reader's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense

4.0

This is a really well-written, clever thriller and I only partly guessed some of the twists! Not an easy read in the sense that the subject matter is very intense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Child death, Car accident, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Violence, Rape, Alcohol, and Stalking

korolevakotykiv's review

sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Car accident, Child death, Blood, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, and Rape

caleugh's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Child death, Miscarriage, Car accident, and Rape

Moderate: Pregnancy, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

prashiie's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.75

"You can tell a lot about someone by the way they treat animals."
I just love how Clare Mackintosh writes her books. There's always the perpetrator's point of view (so creepy, btw) which she weaves into the story effortlessly. Every time I'm surprised to see how she elegantly unfolds the twist. 
This book starts with an accident involving a young boy, Jacob. 

Spoiler

Jenna was heavily abused by Ian. She lost her confidence, was very scared and is trying to start afresh at some remote place.
Ian was her very controlling boyfriend. He liked to be wanted and thinks everything Jenna does and says is with the distinct purpose of playing games with him. The story also shows how small domestic abuse can start. It's usually very easy to say 'why did they stay with the abuser for so long'? And this story answers that question. How a very confident, happy girl can become a traumatised victim of domestic abuse. The title of the book 'I Let You Go' comes back a lot in the story. Jacob's mother and Jenna literally letting go of their children, Ray letting go of his feelings for Kate, and finally Jenna letting go of her anxiety and literally letting go of Ian on that cliff. In contrast, Ian was the one who couldn't let anything go.
Also, after knowing how Ian is, it didn't surprise me that Jacob was his own son and that he knowingly made that accident happen.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Child death, Animal death, and Car accident

Minor: Miscarriage

book_lover52's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Rape