Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

The Marriage Game by Sara Desai

30 reviews

rensreading's review

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

a cheesy rom-com

i don’t mind cheesy rom-coms in the least. so that’s not the reason i didn’t really like this.

i hated the love interest. i hated all the undealt with misogyny. i hated the way the author wrote when in sam’s pov and didn’t seem to find a problem with what they were writing.

the plot was fine. the story was okay. layla was underwhelmingly average and sam was awful. i liked royce better than i did him and that says a LOT.

i did understand sam’s need to get justice for his sister though. i think others calling him selfish for putting his sister first is also misogynistic and stupid. its wrong of him to quit being a doctor and get his sister’s ex-husband in jail for what he did to her simply bc he isn’t fulfilling every poc parents’ dream by being a doctor? bullshit.

all in all, i’d give this 3 stars and 2 🌶🌶 as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, Vomit, Sexual assault, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Car accident, and Death

the main characters do get in a car accident but don’t die. the death tag is related to an off-screen death that happened years before the events in the book.

amberinpieces's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Minor: Gaslighting, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Car accident, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexism, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

le3713's review

emotional funny lighthearted 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Medical content, Sexual content, and Sexism

Minor: Car accident

rachelkays's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-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

3.0

NOT A ROMANCE WHERE THE GIRL PROPOSES 😭 I was appalled. Other than that, this was a very safe, averagely entertaining romance. I liked the story but at times I felt like the writing jumped around too much. Layla and Sam were very Wattpad in both an enjoyable and cringey way. The spice was there but lacking. One thing I did like was how quickly their miscommunication problems were always solved. This was a very solid, Hallmark channely angst-less romance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Vomit, Ableism, Death, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

kayschwe's review against another edition

funny lighthearted 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Car accident, Death, and Medical content

izzyf16's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Car accident and Alcoholism

daniellelouise's review

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism and Physical abuse

Minor: Car accident

mypatronusisajedi's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Physical abuse

Minor: Car accident

kfmcf's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective slow-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

3.75

Really my only issue was this book was that it relied a little to heavily on pop culture references (eg., Layla references the Princess Bride a lot and it even makes an appearance in the epilogue where Sam now knows what it is). I don't mind if books have sprinklings of references but this one almost seemed ingrained in the character development.
The plot of the book was definitely weaker than the characters, but honestly I would much rather have it that way than the reverse. I found the characters enjoyable and relatable if not possibly needing a bit more grounding. The side characters were very enjoyable and I'm glad to be seeing more of them in the sequels which I will happily read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Grief and Domestic abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

valeria_gzz's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing 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

3.75

3,75 Okay so I liked it and it was VERY FUNNY, and I loved all the Princess Bride talk and references, but there are buts to this. I didn’t like how overprotective Sam was of someone he literally just met, or how the book was full of sentences describing Layla’s butt or chest or literally any other part of her. When he was chill I liked it but I don’t really like the overprotective guy trope, it’s pretty creepy. I did like that Sam and Layla both actually had other things going on besides falling in love with each other AND I liked that this was sorta realistic with the timeline being 6 months. 

And I wanted to add that I’m not Indian-American but this doesn’t seem completely accurate?? I can’t explain what specific parts but it just doesn’t feel ‘right’.

Long story short I did like this book but there were parts of it that made me roll my eyes, cringe a bit, and feel annoyed at Sam. And I liked the Dating Plan a lot more. I did like Layla she was cool.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting