Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno

14 reviews

hannaheinhorn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

this book was a fun read, but i almost felt like it should’ve been longer in order to resolve itself properly. if that were the case, the book would definitely be like 4 stars for me. ambiguous endings are great when they’re not cop-outs, and i felt like this one left enough to the imagination to make the message of the book so unclear. based on how the story ended, it kind of seems like thiago was just suffering to suffer, which is a conclusion that i don’t think the author meant for the audience to come to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Gore, Car accident, Body horror, Death, Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Xenophobia, Death of parent, Racism, Classism, and Gun violence

hi_its_micah's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Deportation and Drug use

bookishcookiemonster's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

3.5

A solid exploration of what greif feels like. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Suicide, Gore, Medical trauma, Death, Murder, Body horror, Alcohol, Death of parent, Violence, Car accident, and Blood

Minor: Xenophobia, Racism, and Cursing

sylvestra's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Gun violence, and Suicide

Minor: Death of parent, Alcohol, and Car accident

kimziemae's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Car accident

ghast's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Car accident, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Child abuse and Vomit

kaiyakaiyo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I liked this! The ending was predictably unsatisfying but I think that’s what makes it good horror!

Thiago was in turns pathetic and frightening and saddening and my god does that cook give me the willies. 

In the best of ways, this reminded me of SGJ, and Neil Gaiman specifically in OATEOTL and American Gods

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Alcohol, Murder, Violence, Medical content, Death, Car accident, Racism, Xenophobia, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, and Deportation

owlribbon's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Death, Violence, Animal death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident

batcaves's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Mental illness, Suicide, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

riella_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

3.5

 This was such a weird and strange book. It started off a little slower than I would have liked but then it was like you were thrown into everything all at once. I will say it was a little confusing at times, especially the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Animal death, Dysphoria, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Alcohol, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Body horror, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail