Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Paperweight by Meg Haston

16 reviews

jakegreyxx's review

3.0

The way she refused to refer to her roommate by name, but as soon as she discovered her roommate had trauma she switched to her name was… really beautifully done.
There is a point about 200 pages in where the book seems to drastically change pace. It just slows right down, as if time decided to stop moving.
And then it all kind of happens at once, in a way that feels a little skipped over, in ways.
There are definitely some big content warnings for this book, so if that’s something you might need, I would recommend looking them up. Most notably, this book follows a girl with an eating disorder in a treatment centre for eating disorders. Other warnings I would note are suicide attempts, suicidal ideation, drinking, abuse, and car crash. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, and Suicide attempt

flutelover32's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Fatphobia, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism and Vomit

daralexandria's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, and Self harm

Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, Car accident, Death, Alcoholism, and Abandonment

_toni_'s review against another edition

dark

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Eating disorder, and Car accident

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse

chloerh's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Car accident

cassettetaped's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Car accident, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Death, and Vomit

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, and Self harm

theworstofit's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Abandonment, Mental illness, and Grief

Minor: Addiction

kateelissa's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Vomit, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Self harm, and Medical content

lovelymisanthrope's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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

4.5

This book was so heartbreaking, but so powerful in its message. This story follows a young girl struggling with an eating disorder and suicidal thoughts. Stevie was struggling before the death of her brother, the only one who seemed to notice she was struggling, but after an accident that Stevie blames herself for, she feels entirely hopeless. She plans to commit suicide on the anniversary of Josh's death, but she is sent to an eating disorder treatment facility about a month before that date. 
This book was definitely difficult to read because it was very explicit in Stevie's thoughts about herself and life in general. If you are in the right headspace, I think this is a powerful book about grief and hope. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Car accident

sra_rdmn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Death, Child death, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Car accident, Body shaming, and Addiction