Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

A Little Hope by Ethan Joella

18 reviews

useyourgoodeye's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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? N/A

4.5

This book has characters that you will fall in love with and feel their triumphs and tragedies alongside them. Very well written and engaging! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Cancer

Minor: Death, Infidelity, Addiction, Car accident, and Child death

thesouthwestkindle's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad slow-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

Moderate: Terminal illness and Cancer

Minor: Car accident, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Addiction, Child death, and Infidelity

katievh's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Cancer and Grief

Moderate: Miscarriage, Infidelity, Child death, and Drug abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Car accident, and Death of parent

amandalorianxo's review

emotional 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

3.0

When I heard Ethan Joella’a novels were going to be added to the BOTM collection, I decided to give his first one a go. This definitely doesn’t feel at all like a plot based book. It reads like a collection of novellas/short stories centered around a specific group of people living in Connecticut. Some of the content was tugging at me (my heart almost broke with Luke & his experiences) so be prepared for sadness planted early on (cancer diagnosis, character using drugs, death, pregnancy, infidelity, lost love.) I think if this had a plot to tie it all together I would have enjoyed it more but this could have been slightly shorter in terms of page length. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Car accident, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death

martamae77's review

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death of parent

Moderate: Pregnancy, Addiction, Car accident, and Miscarriage

Minor: Infidelity, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts

carrasreadsandthings's review

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, Miscarriage, Death, and Drug use

Minor: Animal death

jevanss's review

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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Addiction, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, and Death

serendipitysbooks's review

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? It's complicated

4.75

 
I really loved this slim little volume looking at the intersecting lives of residents in a small Connecticut town. It was both beautiful and melancholic. Loss, grief, want, uncertainly, and the struggle to find happiness or at least contentment permeate every corner of this novel. Unsurprisingly there are plenty of trigger warnings. The Storygraph is a great place to check for these. Or feel free to DM me. Despite the themes I didn’t find the novel overbearingly sad. I found many notes of hope and happiness in the final chapter and overall it felt life-affirming. This quiet, beautifully written novel nudged me to slow down and notice the joy and beauty in the everyday. The ensemble nature of this novel was great at highlighting the range of loss and its universality. Yet it did mean we never got to dig deeply into any one character. It’s unlikely to suit readers who need to know their characters in depth and fully explore their experiences alongside them. But it spoke to me and I loved it.
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Miscarriage and Car accident

genm's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Miscarriage, Infidelity, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Car accident, Addiction, Cancer, and Grief

jcardenas0618's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Drug use