Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe

7 reviews

ksilvio's review

challenging reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Outing, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

agathajanemaud1908's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Definitely did not enjoy this as much as Thorpe’s Margo’s Got Money Troubles. It’s similar to her The Girls from Corona Del Mar in that they are absorbing, wrenching reads, but I always felt somewhat removed from the characters and what was happening to them. Super strange since this book and I believe The Girls are both in first person, while Margo alternates between first and third person.
With The Girls and Margo, I wasn’t a fan of all of the characters’ actions but I came to understand them through the great storytelling and insight into their motives. With this book, I never really understood why Bunny did certain things, but I guess that’s partly because we’re seeing her through Michael’s eyes and he is almost always fascinated by her. If you haven’t read any Rufi Thorpe yet, I wouldn’t recommend this book as the one to start with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Outing, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Car accident

elissas_reads's review

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Highly propulsive and very dark, but also with some funny and endearing moments. The voice and writing style is quite unique and took a few chapters to get used to. It felt a little like stream of consciousness storytelling. I wouldn’t necessarily recommend to every reader, because there are a lot of intense scenes and many content warnings, but I thought it was well done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Drug use, Rape, Car accident, and Death of parent

lindsayhotrod's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

jackkoskinen's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Violence, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, and Outing

writingbookscoffee's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Outing

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, and Abandonment