Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay

5 reviews

viertelvorvier's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Alcoholism and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Car accident and Suicide attempt

danielle70's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Blood, Car accident, Death, Sexual assault, Cursing, Pregnancy, Rape, and Dementia

syab13's review

dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and Physical abuse

anger566's review

dark mysterious tense 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

4.5

Great book! Definitely read if you're a fan of Netflix mysteries/murder documentaries like "Making a Murderer". Follows a family whose son was convicted of murder and the aftermath after a Netflix-type documentary comes out about him. Flashbacks throughout the book. Couldn't put it down towards the end!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

The plot revolves around the main family dying at beginning of the book (family includes 2 minors). The main family's oldest son is in prison for murder. One of the characters was in a serious car accident with resulting brain/mental injuries, the same character acts racist towards other characters.

We later learn the family was murdered, descriptions of the family's last moments from each of their perspectives before the killer does the deed is described. Father attempts suicide which is described in detail. We learn the antagonist (an adult) sexually assaulted the victim (who was a minor) in the past and murders them to cover it up (the victim was pregnant).

podanotherjessi's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.25

I don't read a lot of mystery, so my opinion here should be taken with a pinch of salt. But this book bored me. I felt like the whole thing could have been wrapped up in an hour long TV show instead of a full novel, and that's probably a good sign mysteries might not be for me.
Beyond that, I didn't care about the characters at all. The main characters were boring, and the background characters felt cartoonish. Every time someone new was introduced, we got a chunk of description about who they were - what they look like, what their personality is, how they're connected to the MC. It was very telling, not showing. And this happened for everyone, no matter how unimportant they are.
There were also a lot of extrenuous detail and flashbacks that felt pointless. Maybe they were meant to be red herrings or to distract the reader, but it all felt unneeded. Very mild spoilers, example:

At one point the MC talks about not being able to stay with his aunt cause she has cats and he's allergic. Okay, small detail, not bad. But then the book flashes back to how he found out he was allergic, and there was no point to it.

Characters: 4
Plot: 7
Setting: 3
General appeal: 5
Writing style: 3
Originality 6
Ending: 7

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia