Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier

12 reviews

lordslag's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? Yes

5.0

The first half of the book is alot of inner monologue and nothing happening and it was really hard for me to go through, actually I thought I was going to hate this book BUT The second half makes it so worth it Omg I cried so hard my head hurts. I also read the acknowledgments after which isn’t something I usually do Please please please read this if you’re thinking about it omg

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Grief, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Vomit, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Minor: Gun violence and Car accident

suveva's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

1.5

Very confusing, but still catchy 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Mental illness, Vomit, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Stalking

Minor: Gun violence, Car accident, Abortion, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

seethinglloron's review

dark emotional 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

4.5

This is what I'm fucking talking about. THIS IS WHAT I'M FUCKING TALKING ABOUT!! The protagonist is going the FUCK through it and I loved the prose of this. It's sweaty, it's gross, it's sick and thick and it sticks to your shoes like a puddle of orange soda in the middle of a pizza shop left unmopped. This left me feeling unmopped. I adored this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Car accident

ptitirodactyle's review

dark 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

4.5

If you like coming-of-age stories that explore sapphic obsession & parent-daughter relationships with a slightly insane MC, this one is for you!

I’d heard mixed reviews about this novel, so I was a bit sceptical as to if I was going to like it or not. Thankfully, I ended up really liking it. 

In this story, we follow an 18 year old Korean-american who remains unnamed until the last chapter. She is pregnant and works as a pizza girl. She becomes obsessed with one of her clients while also struggling with the death of her dad and basically her whole life. She lives with her supportive boyfriend and mother.

The depiction of hanging on to an obsessive and intense sapphic crush in order to avoid the fact that  your life is crumbling was incredibly well done. By that I mean, I was able to relate to the main character’s feelings minus

the alcoholism, the pregnancy, the stalking and showing up at Jenny’s house with a gun, etc.

Coming-of-age stories tend to incorporate a lot of cliches, which this story didn’t rely on. The characters had their unique personalities & motivations.

The length and pacing were perfect  and made it a very fast pleasant read.

I think I read this at the perfect time in my life. It made me feel a lot of emotions and reminded me of why I like reading so much. I still understand how this could be not for everyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Stalking, Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Physical abuse

Minor: Car accident

pabi's review

emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

Minor: Blood and Car accident

pucksandpaperbacks's review

slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Car accident, Vomit, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Gun violence

death of a parent, fatphobic and ableist language, depression, drinking liquor while pregnant,

librariangeorgia's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

Moderate: Vomit and Grief

Minor: Car accident and Gun violence

pclairx's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, and Vomit

Minor: Gun violence and Car accident

jourdanicus's review

dark reflective 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

This was an interesting read for me, as I really couldn't relate to the main character and sometimes struggled to empathize with her. But I was invested in whatever the outcome for her may have been. I definitely look forward to reading more by this author. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Medical content, Sexual content, Gun violence, Car accident, and Vomit

lavenderlove's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Death of parent, and Infidelity

Minor: Homophobia and Ableism