Reviews - The Rachel Incident

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The Rachel Incident

Caroline O'Donoghue

4.15 AVERAGE

lenin_lover_69's review against another edition

3.0

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mesy_mark's review against another edition

1.25

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This is a straight with a gay BFF book, so it is not something I would classify as LGBT since our MC is not. As for the rest of the book, what was the point? It meanders along the incident, but it feels as if this happened to m,e no emotioal tug there. Characters, with the exception of James, are just unlikable. It just bored me. The narrator's accent was easy to understand, the setting of this book is Ireland, but still no emotional punch to the words.

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elenit96's review against another edition

2.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Aggressively average. I'm not sure what the main point of the story was.

addie_cc's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

b_long's review against another edition

4.0

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

des_s28's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

chloesbooks789's review against another edition

4.0

I understand why people say this book is good for fans of Sally Rooney. Like Rooney's books, this book is very Irish, very Millennial, and has very morally gray main characters who you inevitably root for. It also puts messy and complicated relationship dynamics at the forefront of the story. However, O'Donoghue's book feels less nihilistic than Rooney's work, which also (ironically) makes it a bit less poignant for me.