Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Meet the Benedettos by Katie Cotugno

5 reviews

rebecca_arielle's review

dark emotional funny lighthearted tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Eating disorder, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence and Suicide attempt

Minor: Car accident and Death of parent

sacrill's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Moderate: Eating disorder, Drug use, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent, Alcohol, Car accident, Death, and Drug abuse

hazelgirl21's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent and Car accident

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

Thank you to Harper Perennial and Netgalley for the eARC!

I love Pride and Prejudice and fun/light contemporary novels so I was really excited for this but it was a huge let down! Modern, Hollywood/influencer retelling of Pride & Prejudice.

A little too heavy on pop culture references, it felt like name/brand dropping and will date the book heavily in years to come.

 I did Like the switching POVs between Lilly and Will, but the others became too much and pointless. I found Lilly kind of insufferable 😩 and the other characters I didn’t love or hate, they were just okay. It felt like there were so many people to keep track of it got confusing at times.

Maybe I shouldn’t have read this since I don’t watch (or enjoy) The Kardashians and the whole idea of “famous for being famous” but I was intrigued by the Austen twist to it and it sounded light/fun. Also I thought perhaps it just meant Kardashian-inspired as in there’s 5 sisters and they’re a famous family. I didn’t realize it came with “we’re famous but pity us and we aren’t famous because of our show, we built ourselves from the ground up” 🙃

I think I would’ve liked it better if it wasn’t for Lilly. She judges Will for things that her family also would have or did have at one point? So she ends up sounding like a hypocrite. And she tries to act as if her family’s “famous for being famous” status is bogus, acting as if they’re famous for other reasons when in reality they wouldn’t be in the positions they are if it hadn’t been for their reality show and well-known public fights. I feel like if she hadn’t acted as if she and her family aren’t privileged and accepted why they have fame and that they’re trying to branch out, it would have been a better novel. But sadly because of her (lack of) character depth, I couldn’t care and found it annoying.

TW/CW: eating disorder, drug abuse, car accident (brief mention), death of parent 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Eating disorder

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Car accident

caseythereader's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Sexual content, Mental illness, Classism, Grief, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, and Addiction

Moderate: Car accident and Sexual violence