Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Stora vackra liv by Emily Henry

306 reviews

jkribbit's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Grief

Minor: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident

jeaniemcgarvey's review against another edition

3.25

emotional lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting

esophagus18's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional inspiring fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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this might be my new favorite emily henry book! i loved the seven husbands of evelyn hugo vibe of it, and i loved all the characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt

sariereads's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident

lilo000's review against another edition

3.75

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Enjoyable at the end. Got a little annoyed with who we were spending the most time with and who I found actually important. Odd to have 3 main characters written in this way. I did not appreciate the set up of "their version, her version." Still had some poignant moments and quality writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, Alcohol

Minor: Violence, Injury/Injury detail

mariposa517's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Alcohol

Moderate: Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Misogyny, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy

kgc8's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny reflective 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

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Ultimately, this felt more like a literary fiction/woman's fiction book than a romance as the parts that stuck with me were Margaret Ives's story and life. Her tales about her wealthy, scandalous family and how they influenced her life and choices were so interesting that I would have happily read more about them, even if they also made me cry.

Some elements of the book, like the narrative device and the private life of a celebrity, reminded me of the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.

The romance between Alice and Hayden took a backseat. While I liked them and their chemistry, so much of the book and page count revolves around Margaret instead of their internal lives. Their sexual tension is well done, and their compatibility is obvious, but it made it harder to develop their growth together from simple caring acts to love.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Car accident, Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy

mgclayton's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective 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: Complicated

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Slow first three chapters, but part of ending made me cry

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Infidelity, Sexism, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol

ecmo1's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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About half of this is devoted to the memories of Margaret, an elderly hermit and former paparazzi headliner from a line of uber rich, messy people. Alice and Hayden are journalists who Margaret sets up as potential memoir writers for her story, competing for the chance to author the book. Of course, they fall in love (the other 50% of the story). I thought this was fine, but there were some side character dropped plots and pacing issues that could’ve made it all hang together a little better. It could’ve also used a little more showing and a little less telling, especially in Hayden’s part of the story. There’s a lot of random (past) trauma. Overall, not my favorite or least favorite Emily Henry book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment

Minor: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Pregnancy

booksemmahasread's review against another edition

4.0

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Car accident, Pregnancy, Abandonment

Minor: Terminal illness, Toxic relationship