Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead

9 reviews

awkwardimagination's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.0

(these may be spoilers, but i dont know, ill keep it vague)



This book is (mostly) about entitled white people and their vanity and their inability to seek a decent therapist (i saw mostly bc two characters are poc), in the simplest terms. (i was wrong about jessica btw). Most of these characters were not likeable, they were all kinda horrible people. Except for Caro, who was like a little creepy, Jack, who was also a little creepy, and Frankie, who was probably the most normal motherfucker out of all of them (the diversity characters really got screwed over in the book). I liked the ending, and Jess in the beginning was likeable. Did not end how I thought it was gonna end and some things felt kinda convenient, but it was enjoyable.

I really dont think this book was for me, these arent the kind of characters i enjoy reading about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, Blood, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcohol, Classism, Death of parent, Addiction, Body shaming, Car accident, Vomit, Cursing, and Religious bigotry

clairew97's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Sexual violence, Stalking, Vomit, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Alcohol, Classism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Mental illness

saj04's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Addiction and Rape

Minor: Car accident and Outing

laur_bee_reading's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Death

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Rape, Suicide, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, and Car accident

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

So I'm like a year late to the party with this one, but better late than never. I was so scared that this wasn't going to live up to my expectations and yet it exceeds them all. I love morally ambiguous characters and this book is chock full of them, down to the main character who is at once intriguing and insufferable.

My experience with this book was strange because I read the first 140 pages on Friday, then I didn't read for most of the weekend, and then read the rest of it in one sitting on Sunday night. Before I even knew that I'd been sitting there reading it for that long, it was nearly 4am, and I needed to know what happened with this shady ass group of friends. I was so entranced by the drama of it all - and the dual timelines were CRAZYYYY well done. This book read like a movie. I fucking loved it. I saw none of the twists coming but in retrospect they were right in front of me the whole time.

Anyway this is your sign to pick this up if you haven't already and are late to the party like me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcohol, Sexual content, Blood, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Child abuse, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Addiction, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicide and Religious bigotry

Minor: Transphobia and Outing

mysterymom40's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Classism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Homophobia, Stalking, Car accident, Eating disorder, Religious bigotry, and Vomit

selling drugs; cheating in committed relationships; threats to reveal secrets; performance enhancement drugs; professor to college student sexual coercion;

jebrollier'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? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Homophobia, Death of parent, Rape, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Infidelity

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

exeuntomnes's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.0

 rtc. i’m not sure about this book. i mean, it took me + than a month to finish it. some elements didn’t convince me, but maybe that was the point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Murder, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Violence, Sexual assault, Blood, and Hate crime

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Car accident, and Drug use

Minor: Stalking

jmbibliophile's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Yeah, uh... This book was not at all what I was expecting. 

My biggest issue with the book? The characters. All of the characters peaked in college and even 10 years later couldn't get over ridiculous things like not winning fraternity sweetheart or not getting into the top tier sorority. And you know, I usually appreciate a story with morally grey characters, but the main characters here? Not a redeeming quality to them. Pretentious, narcissistic, vapid, treacherous... I could go on. There were a few supporting characters that had potential, but of course, they were overshadowed. 

But, I have to give the author SOME credit, she still got me to finish the book. I wanted to know what happened, despite my complaints with the characters. That is the only reason why this book gets 3 stars. It was like a dumpster fire I couldn't look away from. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Infidelity, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Homophobia

Minor: Sexual assault and Suicide attempt