Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Mister Impossible by Maggie Stiefvater

21 reviews

booksandstardust's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Gun violence

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Grief, Death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Murder, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit and Fire/Fire injury

scrubsandbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

Okay, very rarely does the second book get better than the first. Or maybe I've read too many series with Second Book Syndrome, I wasn't expecting this to be anything but a filler book between the beginning and the conclusion and hooo boy was I wrong. So much happens, I can't begin to point out exactly what without spoiling it but it definitely added far more context and helped answer some questions I had while presenting even more. The ending though was a complete surprise and I threw myself right into the next book as soon as possible.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Death of parent and Child abuse

keen's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Vomit

billyjepma's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Another tepid 3.5 stars, which is annoying because it feels like Stiefvater is on the edge of doing something really big and exciting with this series without fully committing. But what she does here is still a lot of fun, and you can tell she cares deeply for this world. Granted, her fondness for her story is a two-edged sword because I think that’s what’s preventing her from making this trilogy into something bigger.

I continue to be annoyed with Ronan as a protagonist, and this book didn’t change that. He’s interesting, but only as a blunt instrument, and his motivations are too flimsy to carry the dramatic weight I need from them. He feels stuck in place for most of this book (and the last one), which means he’s once again outclassed by the supporting cast—except for Bryde, who is a shallow and tedious character, tbh. Declan, Matthew, Jordan (the love of my life), and Hennessy continue to steal the show and speak to the bigger ideas Stiefvater is playing with. Whenever they’re in the driver's seat, I’m eagerly buckled in.

The stuff I like here I love, so whenever I encounter something I don’t vibe with, it bums me out, so don’t take my complaints as condemnation because they’re not. There are some spectacular moments of imaginative (and sometimes frightening) spectacle that got my heart pumping. Even when the story started to lose me, it didn’t take long to win me back. However, I will say that the ending does not inspire much confidence in me about the final book. It throws a wrench into things that could lead to something genuinely surprising, but if it sticks to the tempo of the trilogy so far, I don’t know if it’ll resonate with me. I guess we’ll find out!

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death, Blood, Cursing, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Car accident

sunsorbit's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Cursing, Child abuse, and Car accident

Moderate: Death, Murder, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

gilliansuhre's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Murder, and Cursing

Minor: Death of parent, Death, Child abuse, Vomit, and Grief

nabecker13's review against another edition

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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Car accident, and Death

Minor: Death of parent

msradiosilence's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

3.5

Tldr; Ronan’s self-destructiveness goes on tour, Carmen and Liliana have ideas, and Jordan and Declan look at art.

Read my full review at: https://www.rainyreader.com/single-post/mister-impossible.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Murder, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Car accident, Drug use, Blood, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Confinement

limiwh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Murder, Death of parent, and Car accident

Minor: Child abuse

jenarae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Vomit