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A review by fayereadsbooks
The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I enjoyed reading Beth O'Leary's third book. I doubt anything will top the Flatshare for me but this was a totally fab read.
The book follows the story of Addie and Dylan and is told in a then and now narrative. Then follows Addie and Dylan meeting, their relationship and their eventual break up. Now is about when driving to a mutual friends wedding, they crash into each other and have to do the very long journey with a mis-matched car full, and naturally chaos endues.
I enjoyed reading both characters perspectives but wasn't overly fond of either of them, they were both pretty good but nothing memorable. Dylan is very privileged and his group of friends reminded me of people from the TV show Made In Chelsea, they are just so fancy but in a way they don't realise how privileged and lucky they are.
For the first around half of the book I thought it was okay but I especially enjoyed the second half. I liked the ending of the book and thought all of the plot points and storylines were were concluded and wrapped up well
There were a few topics that I didn't expect to be in a book like this so I definitely advise checking content warnings
The book follows the story of Addie and Dylan and is told in a then and now narrative. Then follows Addie and Dylan meeting, their relationship and their eventual break up. Now is about when driving to a mutual friends wedding, they crash into each other and have to do the very long journey with a mis-matched car full, and naturally chaos endues.
I enjoyed reading both characters perspectives but wasn't overly fond of either of them, they were both pretty good but nothing memorable. Dylan is very privileged and his group of friends reminded me of people from the TV show Made In Chelsea, they are just so fancy but in a way they don't realise how privileged and lucky they are.
For the first around half of the book I thought it was okay but I especially enjoyed the second half. I liked the ending of the book and thought all of the plot points and storylines were were concluded and wrapped up well
There were a few topics that I didn't expect to be in a book like this so I definitely advise checking content warnings
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Excrement, Car accident, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Violence, Vomit, Stalking, and Pregnancy