Reviews tagging 'Death'

Blue Lightning by Ann Cleeves

4 reviews

rosiezcalle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infertility, Murder, Sexism, Death, and Misogyny

angelfireeast24's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Murder, and Bullying

Moderate: Abandonment and Violence

bhalpin's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

Listened on audio. Narration was competent but not spectacular. Jimmy Perez sounded a lot like Sean Connery. Secondary characters are far more interesting and sympathetic than Jimmy Perez. Maybe that's the point? But look

, women who exist only to get harmed and thereby develop a tragic story for the men is one of the worst, stupidest cliches of cop fiction, and it's on full display here. Having watched the show, I knew Fran was going to die eventually, but her death was completely unnecessary to the narrative and relegated her to the role of a prop for Perez's development. Didn't expect this level of casual misogyny from a female author, but there you go. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

death of spouse or romantic partner, Women in Refrigerators

laurajeangrace's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Violence

Minor: Blood and Miscarriage