Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

5 reviews

schorlett's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Violence, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Car accident, Drug abuse, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Murder, Religious bigotry, War, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Grief, Rape, and Torture

lilybarna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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

3.5

It’s a super cool story, love the concept of past lives and the clearly researched yet still emotion-based stories from the past. My favorite part was the “flashback” stories. I think I agree with the other reviews. I read that it just goes on a little too long, with some unnecessary details and some unnecessary focus on sexual things. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Drug use, Death, Drug abuse, and Car accident

Minor: Eating disorder and Suicide

cupcait's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Suicide, Car accident, Death, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Grief, Miscarriage, Self harm, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Blood, and Body horror

devynvictoria's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

5.0

I was so surprised by this book. I saw a review saying that it was a great listen as an audiobook so I got myself a copy. I loved this book so much! The narrator does a great job and the characters are all so unique and the storytelling and descriptions… I could just go on and on

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicidal thoughts

mercuryves's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

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i want to give this five stars because of how much i loved it when i first read it, and then reread it - but i feel like i'd need to read it again (it's 2023 as i'm writing this, so the last time i read it was 10 years ago) before i can give it that glowing of a review. especially because when i remember the facts of the events in the books, i can't remember how well they were handled. for example,

after a severe, disabling accident, the main character goes into very specific detail about how he plans to take his own life once he's released from the hospital, which is typically a big, big no-no but his method is so specific that i'm not sure if it would fall into a grey area on reread.

either way, i would hesitate to recommend this book until i double check.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Suicidal thoughts