Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow

72 reviews

sharlapeggy's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Car accident, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Self harm, Rape, Death, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Medical content, Blood, and Abandonment

biblioboyd's review against another edition

dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual content, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

melissaslibraryy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

This was such a heartbreaking, gut wrenching read and I feel as though words cannot express how deeply I care for this book. The way Charlie had the opportunity to be better once she got out of the facility she was placed in after her suicide attempt yet chose the path she knew would ruin her and set her back to that terrible mental state. Having to be put through the horrid events she’s experienced from such a young age bc of her environment, was hard to read about bc we know she deserves better yet she doesn’t feel she’s worthy of getting it. 

The beginning of her end was her upbringing with her parents who had many problems of their own and bringing her into their world, just seemed to make it worse. The catalyst of it all was definitely what she was put through by her best friend Elise. Sure she was her only friend but that didn’t necessarily mean she was a good influence in Charlie’s life especially after she started getting mixed up in substances, bad boyfriends and bringing those issues to Charlie.

I’ve teared up and cried and straight up paused the audiobook several times bc of the contents in the book. Whether it was from genuine disbelief in the bad decisions Charlie continued to make, the shit other characters put her through (both in the past and present) or from knowing that the story can only end one of two ways 1. She relapses & cuts herself to death or 2. She finds the strength to get the proper support she needs in order to create the life she wants and deserves for herself bc she’s still a kid with a bright future ahead. I’m happy it ended the way it did, with Charlie getting closure from Riley at the concert and her on the way to achieve her dreams of becoming an artist as she starts a letter to Elise. It was the official end to that era of her life so she can truly gain the happiness she needs after a lifetime of misery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Trafficking, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Car accident

lovesbug787's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

It is dark but ends well and is something you might yell at the characters at at times but is really good 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Grief, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Infidelity, Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Self harm, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Medical content, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual violence, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Violence, Body horror, Cursing, Blood, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Car accident, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, Excrement, and Forced institutionalization

It is intense and can be hard to get through if you have any sort of trauma or mental illness background.

moamos1's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Child death, Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cursing, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Cancer, Blood, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Bullying, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Rape, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Vomit, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Child abuse, Body shaming, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, and Death

shayisreading's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

Sobbing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Blood, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Car accident, Addiction, Bullying, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Suicide, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Vomit

readfeelandcherish's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Self harm, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Addiction, and Rape

Moderate: Suicide and Car accident

molly_love's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

I can't believe this book as been sitting on my shelf for so long, I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of it. I can't recommend this book enough to every single person I meet, because honestly it would takes a thousand years to give you all my thought on this book.

But it's just so well written and heart retching that I think half my thoughts on this book would just be tears and sobs. 

I would also like to say while this book does not go into very graphic detail of certain things mentioned in the content warnings I still warn you it's better to be safe then sorry. And just not risk reading or even listening to this book if you think you could be heavily triggered by anything in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Death, Self harm, Addiction, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Body horror, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Death of parent, Car accident, Suicide, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Adult/minor relationship

autumnwhite's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Cursing, Physical abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Grief, Rape, Self harm, Body horror, Gore, Suicide, Mental illness, Blood, Abandonment, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

samantha_dhanda's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Oh my god!!! When I first read the synopsis I thought it was about a 17 year old girl finding her self. And it is that it is waaay more then they this book is very very heavy. It made me cry more then one time. I’m not upset about the way it ended per say but I’m also not thrilled. 1st off Riley is such a terrible person and I hate that he took advantage of Charlie’s mental state. But I’m glad he got better in the end. 2nd when Casper told Charlie that she was getting out of the mental institution I was like WHAT?!?! As the reader I could tell she wasn’t ready to leave yet but I know it just made the book itself better. And my point is proven which everything she does up until trying to kill herself whenever Wendy destroys her apartment. At first I thought Blues was gonna be a bad influence in was right in the sense of her doing drugs again and being apart of 1 of the many reasons Charlie tried to kill herself. But also wrong because after all that happened Blue and her became family. Riley’s sister I forget her name I feel like she should have been waaay more attention to Riley then she was especially knowing his history. I’m a sister and I know I would have made sure my brother was mentally and physically okay with the back history that Riley has. I’m glad Riley finally became better but I think he needs to do more to earn Charlie’s forgiveness. And i think if he does do more to earn Charlie’s forgiveness Charlie still shouldn’t take him back. I loved this book I really did like I said I love when an author is so good at making a story in there head that it comes out on paper so good that they can make readers cry. That is so true and raw talent right 
there.


⚠️TRIGGER WARNING:⚠️ self harm such as cutting burning and pinching. Alcohol abuse. & Drug abuse. 

Overall i am going to be rating this book 4 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Hope this helped🖤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Suicide, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Addiction, Drug use, Alcohol, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual content, Car accident, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse