Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

By the Book by Jasmine Guillory

6 reviews

amberinpieces's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Fatphobia, Grief, Car accident, Classism, Cursing, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-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

4.5

Such a sweet enemies to lovers romance. Not spicy at all but it was cute. I loved the characters & the fact that they were writers/editors. I always like books about people who love books as much as I do. I also really enjoyed that it was a loose, modern retelling of Beauty & the Beast featuring Black characters, since that’s my favorite Disney movie. 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Car accident, Confinement, Death of parent, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Body shaming

wildflowerleahg's review against another edition

3.25

"Was this one of those limited-time, fairy-tale romances, one of the ones that happened because of a castle and a curse and lots of magic, but that would vanish when real life started again?" 

This was cute. I've been waiting to read this book since I found out the second book in this series was gonna be a BatB retelling. Overall, the story is really cute. If you enjoy adaptations and books about books this will be up your alley. I think my major annoyance was the under developed characters and repetition,. Often, it would feel like we awe building up to something and then the conflict was just gone. I also, didn't realize that Gavin was supposed to be the Gaston stand in until the LAST 10%. I think overall, as a BatB retelling telling its good. Very sweeet and I can't wait for the next in the series!

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Racism, Car accident, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

ecravens's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny slow-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

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Car accident

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

Going into this, I didn't realize it was a retelling of Beauty and the Beast. I just wanted to read Jasmine Guillory's latest book. Once I did realize that that's what was happening, I thought it was cute, but some of the references were a bit on the nose (like, why would a publishing company be called "Then Somebody Bends"?). Still, it was cute, and I can tell that Guillory is growing as a writer. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Car accident, and Racism

alexcooper88's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Minor: Car accident