Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

82 reviews

v171's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

A riveting, heart wrenching story of vengeance, justice, INjustice, and redemption. This book was everything I was hoping for and more. I am generally very critical of the 'bury your gays' trope, but I absolutely don't think this book falls into that category. Rather than using queer people as a device that pushes the story forward, the queer experience is central to the plot and is handled with both realism and graceful compassion. In addition, this book explored themes of racism, classism, corruption, and police brutality. Each of these were explored fully and expertly. In addition to the flawless structure of the book, the emotions this book put me through.... white hot rage, grief, compassion, love... the author was fantastic at eliciting these feelings from cover to cover. If you like books, read this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Outing, Police brutality, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Torture, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Abandonment and Excrement

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and Transphobia

Moderate: Cancer and Terminal illness

grifgirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Outing, Religious bigotry, Racism, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, and Vomit

jennifer_bush_73's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness

Minor: Cancer, Confinement, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Transphobia, Torture, Sexism, and Sexual content

ktdakotareads's review against another edition

dark emotional 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: Violence, Gun violence, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Car accident, Alcoholism, Death, Homophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, and Grief

Minor: Cancer, Deadnaming, and Transphobia

bai_books's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

Two ex-con fathers lost their married sons in some horrific hate crime. Despite not approving the relationship the fathers are out for blood to avenge their sons deaths because the cops have no leads! Through all the challenges these men go through they find acceptance for their sons but can they get revenge on who ever did this horrendous act?

I absolutely loved this book! There are a lot of heavy scenes and trigger warnings but the over all characters were beautifully written and the plot was something I had never read about before. 

Be aware of these triggers 
LGBTQ Hate 
Racial Discrimination 
Blood 
Violence 
Gore 

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Content Warnings

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

emily842752's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Murder, Death, Child death, Homophobia, Gun violence, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident, Transphobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Kidnapping, and Terminal illness

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Deadnaming, and Vomit

jos17's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Violence, and Homophobia

Moderate: Transphobia and Alcoholism

Minor: Deadnaming and Car accident

ajoyn1201's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Oh wow I really enjoyed this novel! It was an eye-opening book that dug into issues of racism, homophobia, etc. I should also note that I have never cried while reading a book until this one! It is not super sad, but did tug at the heartstrings 🤧 Only reason I can’t give it 5 stars is because I didn’t understand a lot of the car and gun talk so I was confused at some points 😅 but if you understand the type of lingo that is used, you would probably really enjoy this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Racial slurs, Racism, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, and Hate crime

Minor: Cancer, Car accident, Deadnaming, Kidnapping, and Transphobia

wai's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Gore, Cursing, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Torture, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Deadnaming, Transphobia, Kidnapping, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Car accident

Minor: Excrement, Vomit, and Medical content