Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Nasz ostatni dzień by Adam Silvera

490 reviews

aingealwroth's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

3.25

The characters start off unlikable. (Andrea does not help this impression. She knows what she did.) But grow into who they'd be if they had more time, and it's bittersweet to see that glimpse of their adult selves.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Car accident and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying and Gun violence

sailornina's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Violence and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence

courtneys_reading's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I knew it was going to be sad and yet I still cried by the end. I guess it was just you knew it was going to happen and still didn't know when or how and it was devastating. It was beautiful though. I loved it a lot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

tottles's review against another edition

i never enjoy first person books as much as third person, especially where the perspective shifts. idk why i keep trying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Car accident and Death of parent

arlorees's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring tense fast-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

4.0

I sort of understand the idea behind putting in snippets of other people's stories, but I honestly just wanted to get back to Matteo and Rufus everytime we moved away from them. I couldn't care less about Delilah and Victor and that random actor. 

I also wasn't a huge fan of the way the main characters spoke/thought in a *youthy* way - it felt a lot like "hello fellow kids". 

But by the end this didn't seem to matter so much. A great story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Cancer and Chronic illness

hookerkitty's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

I absolutely loved the humor in this book (esp the dark flavored variety). It was sewn in well to help break up the emotional stuff (and was very much appreciated). Here’s an example that made me cackle:

This brunette girl, mad pretty, is bawling when a guy advances on her with some tired-ass pickup line (“Maybe you’ll live to see another day with some Vitamin Me in your system.”)

As a person with a monster truck of anxiety, I very much related to Matteo. Most of the passages I highlighted to save are from his POV. I enjoyed watching him as the story progressed. 

The only complaint I can think of is my disappointment that Final Destination was not mentioned ONCE during this entire book, when it had been set up so perfectly so many times. But as I was writing this I had the panicky thought that kids today might not even know what that movie is, which is horrifying 

I know there’s a prequel that came after this, and just discovered there’s a book 2 coming out next year. I obviously don’t know what happens in those so I don’t know if this gets answered, but I want another book to come out where you find out there’s some big nefarious conspiracy to how Death-Cast got started, and how people deal with finding it out/having to get it shut down/something like that. Buuut that’s my love of ominous horror/thrillers bleeding into this world lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, and Blood

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Suicide, Vomit, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment

kels_w93's review against another edition

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

1.75

I had a lot of hope for this book as the world was nicely set up and interesting, but I struggled to connect to the characters and everything felt like set up for a later event. The book has a lot of good ideas, but I think it was too ambitious and didn't do much with them because it was trying to handle too much. I would have preferred it if it had been pared down to be a story about these two and how they navigate their feelings about their impending deaths, but we got to hear the thoughts of everyone who came across them and how they changed their lives forever and in some cases how they didn't. One of the most egregious examples had a women see them having a good time on their final day and decide not to commit suicide...

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Car accident

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Medical trauma

One death is a bit graphic. Almost felt like a different book.

earth_to_mars's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, and Car accident

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

paige_is_me's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

4.75

HOLY SHIT IM ACTUALLY CRYING!!!!!! IM SO SAD NOW!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence and Car accident

glund_01's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Suicidal thoughts