Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Last Night by Mhairi McFarlane

81 reviews

carlysimone's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse

nora_bom's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Death, Car accident, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent and Domestic abuse

Minor: Drug use, Alcoholism, Cancer, and Panic attacks/disorders

cortbrew's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Just Last Night is marketed, at least in part, as a romance, but this book is an emotional journey through loss, grief, love, and heartbreak, from the lenses of friendship, family, and intimate relationships, all at once. Highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Child abuse

theespressoedition's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-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

4.0

What an emotional roller coaster this book took me on! I was not anticipating it even a little bit and I honestly loved every heartbreaking minute of it.

I highly recommend going into this one with as little information as possible. That being said, I won't be sharing much in this review so as not to give anything away.

This book has a truly beautiful found family vibe to it that I absolutely loved. It was filled with complicated friendships that really brought something special to the story. While there was definitely romance in the book, it wasn't at the forefront of the plot. Shockingly, I appreciated that. I say "shockingly" because I'm someone who prefers a strong romance plot more often than not. But it made sense to keep it simple for the sake of this particular storyline.

I cried at least five times while I was reading, which isn't as typical for me. It was a pretty profound book overall with a lot of fantastic elements. Oh, and while it does handle more challenging topics, there is a cheerful ending.

Truly a fantastic novel. I'll admit that I wasn't the biggest fan ever of If I Never Met You, but after loving Just Last Night so much, I'm very much willing to continue reading her books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Cursing, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

beccaruthe's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Drug use, Death, Dementia, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, and Panic attacks/disorders

katgent's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident

Moderate: Dementia, Death, and Child abuse

lauraeb's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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

I thought the ending could have been structured better (SPOILER the trauma reveal at the end of the book felt convoluted) but I enjoyed the rest of the story 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Dementia and Infidelity

Minor: Death, Car accident, and Domestic abuse

daniella_s's review against another edition

emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Car accident

Moderate: Alcohol

katedd's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident

georgiesutton's review against another edition

dark funny sad medium-paced

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

3.0

I didn’t know what the major plot point of the book was and it kind of made me want to not finish the book but the second half was good but I just wish we got to that point sooner. I think the book was well done with discussions of grief but I just didn’t pick up this book wanting that. I also found the romance element less believable or fully formed as other McFarlane characters and relationships so overall I just wanted more/something else. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Child abuse, and Car accident

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol