Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Always, in December by Emily Stone

20 reviews

morganperks's review against another edition

sad medium-paced

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

emily, bestie I’m gonna need you to be so for real right now. I can’t even give this a rating. This is a joke, right? I feel like I have been absolutely violated by books with Christmasy covers claiming to be ‘romance’, ‘heartwarming’ or ‘good’, and every time I get closer and closer to my 13th reason  

Spoiler

maybe I’m naive and like to live in happily ever after land but I don’t think it’s necessary to kill off the parents and or love interest to have a good story. I love a good sad story as long as I know what I’m getting into but I do prefer my characters in romance novels to be alive

Update: upon further review, some of the blame may be on me for not reading the back cover where it says, "in the style of Me Before You" so there was a heads-up, but I stand by what I said. I was a victim of clever marketing. Heed my warning, if you're looking for a cute Christmas romance...this ain't it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Terminal illness, Abandonment, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Car accident, Medical content, and Infidelity

Minor: Sexual content

karyan1's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity, Cancer, Car accident, and Medical content

Minor: Pregnancy

hannahglenn's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Car accident, and Death

Moderate: Fatphobia and Infidelity

Minor: Suicide

chessie's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

2.5

Me, 93% of the way through this book: I’m sorry, WHAT?! Haven’t we been through enough these last couple years?!

This is not a light-hearted Christmas romance, so just know that going in…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Car accident

meliroo's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

1.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness

elenatamsen's review against another edition

emotional funny sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Death of parent, Death, Cancer, and Grief

Moderate: Fatphobia and Infidelity

Minor: Car accident

booksbroadwaybubbly's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? No

5.0

This book certainly wasn’t what I expected! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Cancer and Car accident

lit_with_lauren's review

emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Car accident

mrszreads_23's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Minor: Cancer, Car accident, and Death of parent

morganwiard's review

emotional reflective sad 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? No

2.5

Good narrator for the audiobook!

Literally devastating though. I am sick with sadness and rage. 

To be fair to the author, I should not have gone in blind on this one. I was looking for a winter time read cause they usually help me see winter a little more positively rather than see it as pure seasonal depression, but this was the absolute wrong choice for that type of read. 😂 

However, I will hand it to her that she is a good writer. Creative story line and good characters. Seems the story was very well thought out and I really admire that. BUT, the ending ruined the entire book for me. The author chose violence against her readers, and I can’t forgive it. 😂😂😂

If you’re easily devastated, I strongly recommend looking up the trigger warnings on this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Car accident, Grief, and Medical content