Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King

37 reviews

aaronhill2334's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Suicide, Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Incest, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Stalking, Violence, and Vomit

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

 If there is one thing Mr. King excels at it is writing absolutely unlikable characters. Even characters that should be likeable largely have aspects that can make the reader dislike them. In some chapters this worked well and framed the event how each character saw them clearly. In other chapters the reader became enmeshed in a slog of diatribe that was a true chore to get through, even in the audiobook format. 
If you are fond of Mr. King's other works and characters you will probably like this. If you are coming in expecting a typical thriller you will not enjoy this as much. For me, despite my casual familiarity with several of King's works I found it difficult to get up to the 40% mark in the book. To the story's credit the pace does pickup upon the changing of a key character or two somewhere around the 50% mark.

The pace picks up after the death of Janey.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Child death, Murder, Incest, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Addiction, Classism, Animal death, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Ableism, Sexism, and Car accident

Minor: Blood, Vomit, Excrement, and Adult/minor relationship

There is an adult/minor relationship between Brady and his mother. He claims to have been a victim of a different adult/minor relationship during his psychological torture of Olivia.

maddieloves_books1's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, Incest, Child death, Classism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Mental illness, Racism, Racial slurs, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Alcoholism, Bullying, Misogyny, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Gore, Cursing, Ableism, Classism, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, and Hate crime

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

maddie7217's review

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

There were a lot of sections that contained slurs or used poor writing to make racial stratification the butt of a joke. It felt inappropriate at times given the author’s identity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Violence, Suicide attempt, Racism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Gore, and Car accident

zaraha's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Incest, Violence, Vomit, Bullying, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Blood, and Suicidal thoughts

paperbackanggo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Fatphobia, Incest, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Homophobia, Child abuse, Cursing, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Violence

imre_karakal's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Car accident, Murder, and Incest

Moderate: Alcohol, Ableism, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Hate crime, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, Mental illness, and Child death

seraxiel87's review

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, and Cursing

emilydg's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Car accident

mimccub's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Car accident, and Murder