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The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig

39 reviews

miniaturephilosopher's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

aliceonpaper's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Gore

niyou's review against another edition

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

2.0

I enjoyed the premise of The Book of Accidents and the concepts it explores like family and overcoming generational trauma. 

What I didn’t like was the characterization. The characters felt flat and voices didn’t sound distinct. Everyone seemed to have the same personality - just slightly tweaked by their respective backgrounds.

Not just Oliver and Jake who are de facto the same person but Maddie and Nate too.

. Although the author obviously wants you to care for them the emotional pay off wasn’t there for me. 

This was also why I felt the narrative lagged. I just wasn’t really interested in the frequent internal monologues from the protagonists. These monologues also  took most of the tension out of the story as almost all of the characters’ motivations were spelled out. 

All in all an interesting concept but ultimately an unrewarding read for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, and Car accident

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

ekmook's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

mayr3adsab00k's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Police brutality, Dementia, and Car accident

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Murder

paigemandia's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

imstephtacular's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Alcohol

whatellisreadnext's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘩*𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘦, 𝘖𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘹 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴. 

When Nate's father passes, after a childhood of abuse, he's happy to see him go. He leaves behind a big house in the countryside, that's the perfect place for Nate and his family to escape the noise of the city. But it's not long before strange things start happening.
 

I LOVE THIS BOOK. CHUCK WENDIG IS AMAZING. I JUST WANT TO BE HIS BEST FRIEND. I finished The Book of Accidents this morning and immediately needed to review it and force it upon everyone💁🏻‍♀️ 

This book is wild, like a wonderful, gory, hellscape of a novel. It's as if Blake Crouch, and the best of Stephen King had a book baby. Like The Shining and Dark Matter ended up fornicating, somehow creating something even better. 

I read Wanderers a few years ago now, which is a whopping 800 pages, and it's been on my favourite books of all time since then. The Book of Accidents sits a little over 500 pages but like with Wanderers, it doesn't drag. The book is full throttle from the very first page. Chuck does this thing where he gives you loads of information straight away, that doesn't make any sense, and he's just like 'Here, deal with all of this in your brain box'. I love how he weaves even the tiniest details back into the story, everything has meaning, he truly is a skilled writer. I really loved the Wanderers easter eggs dotted throughout aswell, and found myself gasping everytime I found one🤣 

This book is just something else, and if you love absolutely bonkers sci-fi/horror then I couldn't recommend it enough. It really reminded me of books like Middlegame and The Library of Mount Char, another two of my favourites. I'll leave you all with another line from the book that I really enjoyed, because there was a lot of them.
 

𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦—𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘴. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent