Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

82 reviews

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Hate crime, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Racism, Transphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Torture

Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, Car accident, and Deadnaming

meliroo's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Transphobia, Violence, Torture, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Gore, Emotional abuse, Racism, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Alcohol, Murder, Blood, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Cancer, Car accident, Deadnaming, Infidelity, Child death, and Emotional abuse

ashleysbookthoughts's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

4.0

This is not my typical type of book, but damn it was compelling! It felt a lot like watching Sons of Anarchy, but with nuances of race and sexuality woven in. I enjoyed being along for the ride with these two fathers on their journey of vengeance and acceptance of their gay sons. 

I figured out who the big bad was fairly early on, but I was still invested, because no one ever felt safe. Heads up, it is VIOLENT. But it’s also touching. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t tear up at the end. Definitely worth the hype. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Gun violence, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, and Transphobia

joelleen's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense fast-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

4.5

Quick read, suspenseful, rewarding ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Homophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Alcoholism, Car accident, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Murder

micklesreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

So so good and very different from my typical book. There is pain and forgiveness and even some hope, but it's all tangled up with a lot of violence, homophobia, and racism.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, and Violence

christinesreads's review against another edition

tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Car accident, Death, Homophobia, Kidnapping, and Racial slurs

becksreadsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Violence, Murder, Homophobia, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Transphobia

Minor: Deadnaming

alyhutchss's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Violence, Transphobia, Torture, Racism, Racial slurs, Murder, Medical content, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Hate crime, Gun violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Child death, Cancer, and Alcohol

thebakerbookworm's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-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

3.5

This was an action-packed book that's hard to put down, with some great themes of love, acceptance, and forgiveness and a few unforgettable characters. I'm also so glad I decided to go the audio route—a great narrator!

That being said, there is A LOT of graphic violence in this book, and that is not my thing. Maybe I shouldn't let that affect my rating, but I did, though I was able to tune out the violent parts or skip ahead. The villains felt a bit like caricatures to me, and I think this was because our two main characters are very morally gray. But we're still supposed to root for them, so the villains have to be worse than these morally gray characters—and the only way to really do that is make them caricatures and make them do things that are irredeemable. Also, I figured out who the big bad was pretty early so that reveal was not a surprise.

Back to our morally gray main characters—they made me super conflicted. On the one hand, they're written in a way that makes them endearing and likable despite the terrible things they've done, and they do have growth and development throughout the course of the story. But I'm not convinced that they're actually good people by the end...I guess I just wanted them to take more responsibility for their actions and actually deal with the consequences instead of just seeking revenge as a way to redeem themselves.

Also none of the side characters get any real development and that is always a disappointment to me.

Anyways, this book does make you think and is great for conversation; I think I would have liked it more if it had been more character-focused instead of action/violence/plot-focused, but that's probably on me because the book wasn't pretending to be anything else.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Minor: Cancer, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Medical content, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Transphobia

lowkeymarie's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, Deadnaming, and Kidnapping