9.6k reviews for:

The Rachel Incident

Caroline O'Donoghue

4.15 AVERAGE

eyd's review

4.5

emotional funny reflective tense fast-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

booktokbrie's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

cluclu15's review

4.5

dark emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

bridge_overbooked's review against another edition

3.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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No major issues with this one, but it just feels like an average contemporary fiction novel.

In The Rachel Incident, Rachel, a college student in Cork, Ireland, becomes entangled in a complicated friendship with her charismatic roommate James. Their bond draws them into a web of secrets, unrequited love, and a scandal involving Rachel’s married professor. Told with sharp humor and poignancy, the novel explores youth, identity, and the messy, transformative power of intimacy and betrayal.

laila4343's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Way better than I expected. Would reread.

eve__hem's review against another edition

3.75

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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Fine?

emily_akydd's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

milroy16's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

noellewymanroth's review against another edition

4.25

challenging emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lina05's review against another edition

4.0

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Guter und flüssiger Schreibstil. Schöne und auch tragische Geschichte über Liebe und Freundschaft. Es werden auch Tabuthemen behandelt - war sehr interessant mehr über Irland und dessen Entwicklung im Bezug drauf zu erfahren.