Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen

79 reviews

cecinamo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This is such an amazing, cute, queer romcom! I loved it so much. Even though it‘s a bit goofy and funny, the characters are very relatable and the book also touches on some deeper topics like self worth, internalized homophobia and emotional growth. It also handles the different sides of a toxic relationship really well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Grief, Cursing, Bullying, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Outing

fanboyriot's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

👌 Fake Dating

🫶 Enemies to Lovers 

🎀Cheerleader x 🏀 Basketball Player

This book was such a cliché but in such a good way.  I loved the characters and friendships in this book so much.  Irene and Honey-Belle though were my favorite characters.

The fake dating trope with a lovely dash of enemies to lovers made it even better.  The banter between Scottie and Irene was always amusing.

This is a cute lighthearted read that deals with getting over past relationships and doing things because you want to, and not because you have something to prove.  It was lovely!

Release Date: 20, April 2021

POV: First Person 

Rep: Lesbian (MC), Queer South Asian (LI), LGBTQIA+ (SCs), BIPOC (SCs)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Classism, Outing, Cursing, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

Minor: Bullying, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Vomit, Homophobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

wildestreadsoffrancis's review

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Alcohol, Blood, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

valenwhite's review against another edition

The main character, Scottie, is just... Oof. If I had a friend like that, I'd stop being her friend real fast.
I wasn't expecting this to have the trope Fake Dating, too. I usually don't mind it, but the way they started the fake relationship rubbed me the wrong way.

Scottie just manipulated Irene so she pretended to date her, and then crossed clear boundaries just to make her ex jealous. Fuck no.

So yeah, I dropped it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Car accident, and Outing

siennaflynn's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Bullying, and Outing

Minor: Alcohol, Biphobia, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Car accident

vael's review against another edition

funny fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Car accident

cinnamonandpancakes's review

emotional funny reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

This book was a lot of fun! I read it all in one sitting, not necessarily because I couldn't put it down but because I was having too much fun to want to. Scottie and Irene are both great fun, and their friends are too.

This isn't pushing the bounds of literature by any means, some of the prose is clunky in places, and the plot is pretty silly, but the characters feel very vibrant and reading this felt very much like watching a teen romcom. That is to say, delightful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Alcohol

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Drug use, Bullying, and Car accident

Belittling of cheerleading as a sport

A plot point revolves around an antagonist accusing a main character of faking being gay for diversity points. Another plot point is around perceived infidelity, though no infidelity occurs.

aytac's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Cursing

Moderate: Car accident, Toxic relationship, and Bullying

Minor: Homophobia

skiis's review

lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

it felt like i was reading a fanfiction, which should describe how this book will play out.

main character is a loser and a crybaby, too hung up on exes, corny and cringy moments, entertaining but also hard to get thru, i love irene, background characters are amazing (except a few...) and yea!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Car accident, Cursing, and Sexism

Minor: Vomit

daryn's review

funny hopeful lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Homophobia

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Lesbophobia

Minor: Vomit