Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

18 reviews

batcaves's review

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Violence

amanda_mh's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

It was bone chilling - I didn’t know what to expect reading it. The cover already chilled me. But it was also a beautiful story I thoroughly enjoyed Neil Gaiman’s writing! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Car accident, and Death

nickel_'s review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Bullying, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Gore, and Kidnapping

juliana05's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child abuse

Moderate: Car accident, Infidelity, and Suicide

aurinkotuulia's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Child abuse

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Car accident and Animal death

cwg's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Honestly, it had been slow for me, at first, but once the story picks up, I couldn’t stop reading until the end. It is confusing and disorienting but it was lovely.

For me, specifically, it had taken one scene,

the worm body horror scene,

to get into it. 
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Note:
I read this as part of a club, and I had realized, unfortunately, that I had to finish it today. So I did. For reference, I had only gotten about 20% of the way there, and I had skimmed through the story a bit, but I have enough sensibilities to talk about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Child abuse

Moderate: Animal death and Death

Minor: Car accident, Death of parent, and Death

jodean's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Gaslighting, and Confinement

Minor: Sexual content

aviery's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Sexual content, and Violence