Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose

24 reviews

amandafitz's review

funny lighthearted mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Classism, Murder, Abandonment, Addiction, and Grief

ladythana's review

mysterious tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Murder

Moderate: Death

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Grief, Bullying, and Sexual assault

franklola's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Murder, Rape, Child abuse, Addiction, Bullying, and Sexual assault

mlottermoser's review

mysterious medium-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

4.0

Molly is a neurodivergent maid in an upscale hotel. When a guest is murdered at a big event all fingers point to the maids covering the event. Molly must untangle her past and help Lily find her voice before the true criminal escapes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Misogyny and Ableism

Minor: Sexual harassment, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

hheartbooks's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Sexual assault, Murder, and Alcoholism

quiet_reader's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

kimveach's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I'm so happy to spend time with Molly the Maid again.  The dual timeline allowed us to spend more time with Molly as a child and her grandmother.  Similar to Alexander McCall Smith, it's not the mystery that is important.  It's Molly's (neurodivergent) voice.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Classism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Death, Bullying, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Misogyny, Abandonment, Murder, Outing, and Rape

aileron's review

lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Addiction, Classism, Drug abuse, Bullying, and Abandonment

elizabeth_lepore's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcoholism and Sexual assault

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.75

so slow paced. i didn't mind the timeline alternating between past and present, but maybe if there was actually anything happening in the present for the first half of the book it wouldn't have felt like a slog. i liked that this installment was more explicit about Molly being neurodivergent, rather than like "oh she's just a little quirky"; the representation was nice. other than that, i don't really see what the point was. i feel like we could have left things at the first book. it was weird that

Juan Manuel was absent the entire time, what was that for? i thought it was leading up to a reveal that he was evil. it felt like the author regretted making the two a couple at the end of the last book and dealt with it by just shipping him off to Mexico

. unfortunately i didn't get much out of this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual harassment, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Classism, Infidelity, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Murder, and Alcoholism

Minor: Drug abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Cursing, and Drug use