Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Red Queen by Juan Gómez-Jurado

4 reviews

bookshelf_al's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Homophobia

mtnest's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical content, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Infidelity, Car accident, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Murder, Blood, Drug use, Alcohol, Cursing, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Torture, and Toxic relationship

morethanmylupus's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

If you're a fan of Criminal Minds and books or shows in that vein, this may be a good pick for you.

I can definitely see why this was such a runaway hit in Spain and other parts of the world before it ever got translated to English. I would read more books in this series. The plot was compelling, if it a little slow at times, and I couldn't wait to get to the answer. I read a lot of thrillers, but I was barely staying ahead of the main characters as I tried to figure out the answer.

This is a darker style of thriller. Things aren't sugar-coated or glossed over, but the grittiness is is part of the story and I don't think this book would work with out.

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Murder, Gun violence, and Car accident

Moderate: Police brutality

inescunhaleal's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious relaxing tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Grief, Homophobia, and Self harm