Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary

17 reviews

brandie_abbie19's review against another edition

funny reflective sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual assault, Vomit, Violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Sexual violence, Stalking, Car accident, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Blood, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

mishaps's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Stalking, Sexual assault, Addiction, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

Minor: Bullying, Blood, Classism, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

bookishjae's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Drug use, Drug abuse, Classism, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Eating disorder, Blood, and Car accident

purplepenning's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Car accident, Classism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Stalking, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Misogyny

amberinpieces's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Toxic relationship, Classism, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Car accident, Stalking, Sexual content, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Minor: Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical content, and Eating disorder

laurataylor's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Medical trauma, Medical content, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

tomasalbanez's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

Very good!! The romance is great, the parallels between past and present are really well written and the end is surprising! Beware it's not your lighthearted beach read, some challenging themes are dealt with. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Stalking, Homophobia, Classism, and Alcoholism

Minor: Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Sexism

eligru's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Addiction, Car accident, Stalking, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Blood, Toxic friendship, Bullying, and Violence

Minor: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, and Pregnancy

kalin_grace's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Vomit, Violence, Stalking, and Sexual content

quasinaut's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

3.75

I adore Beth O'Leary's writing and how she builds her characters, but this was my least fave of her three books I've read thus far. I'm not quite sure why. Maybe the alternating timelines made it hard to get invested in the characters? Maybe Addie didn't feel fully realized to me? Maybe I'm not a fan of second-chance romance? 

The interactions with the full cast of characters made the book for me. Deb made me love her, Rodney amused (and, later, annoyed) me, and Marcus appropriately pissed me off. I appreciated the intricacies -- who needed to apologize, who misunderstood what happened, who got in over their head, who turned to whom for support. 

Still engaging, just not my fave.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, and Homophobia

Minor: Sexual assault, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse