Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Burntcoat by Sarah Hall

5 reviews

staceys_adventure's review

dark emotional sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Car accident, and Emotional abuse

lola_milk's review

dark emotional reflective slow-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

4.0

I gave this book four stars because I was very moved by the relationship between the main character and her mother, who raised her as a single mum even though she had brain damage. I also enjoyed reading about the main character's artistic process. 

However, I'm not sure if these elements paired well with the narrative about the main character and her lover trying to survive a pandemic. The relationship with the lover was just not as compelling as her relationship with her mum, and I am very burnt out on pandemic stories for obvious reasons. 

The book was beautifully written, with gleaming prose. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Medical content, Dementia, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Vomit, Death of parent, Car accident, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

stevie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Grief, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Ableism, Blood, Car accident, and Confinement

wherethebooksgo's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Violence, Abandonment, Confinement, Excrement, Gaslighting, Medical content, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

emilygigs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

I can see myself revisiting this one in a decade or so; the writing about a pandemic and life in lockdown and the fear that comes when a partner is ill — all of it is spot-on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Grief, and Dementia

Moderate: Abortion, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexism, Car accident, and Abandonment

Pandemic content Second-person POV