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reader4evr's review against another edition
2.0
So I really had high hopes for this because it was a unique topic. But it was so boring in the beginning. When it did pick up it a little more interesting.
Overall I didn’t like the teens or their friendship/odd relationships.
Took me forever to read/listen too because I just didn’t care. I feel bad saying that but it just wasn’t my cup of tea.
Overall I didn’t like the teens or their friendship/odd relationships.
Took me forever to read/listen too because I just didn’t care. I feel bad saying that but it just wasn’t my cup of tea.
kerithesmutslut's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars
Cute YA. A bit too fantastical for my taste, but I enjoyed the forbidden love storyline and thought overall it had an important message.
Cute YA. A bit too fantastical for my taste, but I enjoyed the forbidden love storyline and thought overall it had an important message.
kat7890erina's review against another edition
5.0
From the button on the cover to the final line, I was enthralled. This book was beautifully tragic.
harleyrae's review against another edition
3.0
This was a strange book. I went in into not really sure what to expect, and well I still don't know what happened. I mean yes I know what happened, it was just done in an odd way. It was similar to We Were Liars, but in my mind not as good and oddly done. I was able to fly through this I just really am not able to express how I feel about this in words. The one thing I can say is that I hated the relationships between the characters, some of them even felt wrong and just not right at all.
Honestly I would not recommend this book to anyone, but if you think you'll enjoy this then by all means read away.
Honestly I would not recommend this book to anyone, but if you think you'll enjoy this then by all means read away.
ifollowedthatrabbit's review against another edition
5.0
This is the author's first book and the second I read. I'm totally mesmerized by the way she writes.
Cara, her big sister Alice, and her "ex-stepbrother" Sam must face another "accident season" along with her mother. It happens every year in the month of October. Scratches, wounds, bruises, and broken bones are part of their daily lives during this month, even though her mother and they take several precautions. Why are they cursed with this?
Bea, Cara's best friend, has read in the tarot cards that the accident season of this year is going to be the worst. What does it mean? Even worse than the one four years ago?
Not only will they have to deal with this month's curse, but also a series of curious and even uncanny events. One of these is the strange disappearance of a childhood friend of theirs, Elsie. Cara is determined to find her, but every time she asks someone about her they seem to don't know her at all. It's like she's been invisible all this time. Where is Elsie?
⚠️Finally, I'd like to highlight that there are some serious and terrible events in the story. I can't explain more, because it's part of the development of the plot.
I've really liked this book. The way Moïra Fowley-Doyle weaves the story in a magical surrealism world, the characters, the plot and the mystery surrounding them all is fascinating. Another book by her that is hard to put down. I totally recommend it
Cara, her big sister Alice, and her "ex-stepbrother" Sam must face another "accident season" along with her mother. It happens every year in the month of October. Scratches, wounds, bruises, and broken bones are part of their daily lives during this month, even though her mother and they take several precautions. Why are they cursed with this?
Bea, Cara's best friend, has read in the tarot cards that the accident season of this year is going to be the worst. What does it mean? Even worse than the one four years ago?
Not only will they have to deal with this month's curse, but also a series of curious and even uncanny events. One of these is the strange disappearance of a childhood friend of theirs, Elsie. Cara is determined to find her, but every time she asks someone about her they seem to don't know her at all. It's like she's been invisible all this time. Where is Elsie?
⚠️Finally, I'd like to highlight that there are some serious and terrible events in the story. I can't explain more, because it's part of the development of the plot.
I've really liked this book. The way Moïra Fowley-Doyle weaves the story in a magical surrealism world, the characters, the plot and the mystery surrounding them all is fascinating. Another book by her that is hard to put down. I totally recommend it
cmitchell2781's review against another edition
5.0
This was altogether different than what I expected. Dark and haunting, the accident season was a work of art. Really nothing was what it seemed, and the way everything connected together was amazing. The secret booth seemed unassuming at first, until all the family secrets start to unravel and you realize the whole book is about secrets. It really was a wonderful read (I wish I had gotten to in October) and I would wholeheartedly recommend it.
mythroneofbooks's review against another edition
3.0
This is a non-spoiler review.
This was an amazing, mysterious and (at a few times) very creepy book. Perfect for Halloween.
The story revolves around a family where every october they all become accident prone. This is what really intreged me when I first heard about it. But the story never started at the beginning of october. It started in the middle of the month, this made me feel very cheated by the author, because they skipped 2 weeks worth of possible extended plot. But as I went on with the story, I got sunken into the plot, it was masterfully written and very much a book I look forward to reading again in the near future and would definitely recommend it for a halloween festive read.
There were spontanious accident happenings all of the time, but, I would have liked to see more. I felt like there wasn't enough accidents to call it the "Accident season". And maybe more serious accidents to say the least. But I did find when an accident did happen, all I wanted to do was read on. Just to see if everyone was still alive, injured or otherwise.
I didn't really connect with most of the characters as I thought I should have. They felt very forced to be different and weird as much as possible, which made me feel a little differently towards them. The main character Cara was very in to her overactive imagination and constantly saying it when she had a drink. she was very compelled in to finding this girl named Elsie, who appeared in every picture Cara has taken ever since she was young.
Bae was the type of person who carried tarot cards. Whenever someone would ask her a question, she almost always referred to her cards. Other characters in the book refers to her a a witch. But I get she was a very free spirit.
Sam, despite being Cara's ex-step brother, was a very flat character and didn't really have any personality. He was boring. More of a side character, more development and a better plan for this character would have made a better side plot.
Sam is the sister of Cara and held a lot of secrets that were that weren't relevant until the end of the book.
Overall I did really enjoy this book. When I wasn't reading it, I was constantly thinking about it. I always wanted to know what was going to happen. If you see The Accident Season where ever you are out and about, pick it up and give it a read. It might surprise you.
This was an amazing, mysterious and (at a few times) very creepy book. Perfect for Halloween.
The story revolves around a family where every october they all become accident prone. This is what really intreged me when I first heard about it. But the story never started at the beginning of october. It started in the middle of the month, this made me feel very cheated by the author, because they skipped 2 weeks worth of possible extended plot. But as I went on with the story, I got sunken into the plot, it was masterfully written and very much a book I look forward to reading again in the near future and would definitely recommend it for a halloween festive read.
There were spontanious accident happenings all of the time, but, I would have liked to see more. I felt like there wasn't enough accidents to call it the "Accident season". And maybe more serious accidents to say the least. But I did find when an accident did happen, all I wanted to do was read on. Just to see if everyone was still alive, injured or otherwise.
I didn't really connect with most of the characters as I thought I should have. They felt very forced to be different and weird as much as possible, which made me feel a little differently towards them. The main character Cara was very in to her overactive imagination and constantly saying it when she had a drink. she was very compelled in to finding this girl named Elsie, who appeared in every picture Cara has taken ever since she was young.
Bae was the type of person who carried tarot cards. Whenever someone would ask her a question, she almost always referred to her cards. Other characters in the book refers to her a a witch. But I get she was a very free spirit.
Sam, despite being Cara's ex-step brother, was a very flat character and didn't really have any personality. He was boring. More of a side character, more development and a better plan for this character would have made a better side plot.
Sam is the sister of Cara and held a lot of secrets that were that weren't relevant until the end of the book.
Overall I did really enjoy this book. When I wasn't reading it, I was constantly thinking about it. I always wanted to know what was going to happen. If you see The Accident Season where ever you are out and about, pick it up and give it a read. It might surprise you.