Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Murder Under Her Skin by Stephen Spotswood

7 reviews

nanoauthor's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Drug use and Chronic illness

olive_lol's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Medical content

Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Abortion, Confinement, Blood, Vomit, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Death, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Racism, Animal death, and Chronic illness

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I am enjoying this 1940s series.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Murder, Gore, Sexism, Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Chronic illness, Trafficking, Violence, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, and Terminal illness

Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Animal death, Abortion, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

teaskate's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? No

4.25

Another book of the Pentecost and Parker series. It was interesting and catching from the start. What I like the most about those books is the scenery vibe. I always feel as if I am right next to Will and Pentecost and I brainstorm and work with them. The characters were interesting and I really enjoyed getting to know Ruby, but also the ending was well thought out and I liked the connections that started from the beginning that make a mystery book a good one. Also the theme of a circus is kind of unique because I haven’t gotten to one of those in my reading journal. It is a super fun series and I am exited for the next Spotswood mystery book. Thank you :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Addiction, Death, Murder, and Racial slurs

Moderate: War

Minor: Abortion

briely's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Death, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcoholism, Racism, Animal death, Abortion, Child abuse, and Hate crime

karcitis's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Murder, Gun violence, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Religious bigotry, Addiction, Medical content, Grief, and Confinement

Minor: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Racism, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Body horror, Abortion, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, and Animal death

criticalgayze's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I read and enjoyed Fortune Favors the Dead last year when it was sent in a book subscription box from an independent bookstore, but I had little intention of reading this one; however, I ended up picking it up as part of preparation for a discussion on 2022 Lambda nominees and enjoyed it just as fine as I did the first. (Well, maybe a little less ...)

I really don't have much to say in the way of a review, which I think is the typical point of these detective series. I will say that for a white man, who I presume is cisgender and heterosexual, Spotswood does a decent job of inclusion in his works that asks for a little more from the typical genre reader. (Although, I took issue in this one with the amount he included historical traumas levied especially against Black people given that it seemed more like white observational guilt than necessary plot as none of the key players are people of color.)

I also thought it was a little early in the series to give us a book that was so personal to one of the characters, but that's a more editorial nitpick than it is a note on the book's merits.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Abortion, Medical content, Medical trauma, Drug use, Racism, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Drug abuse, and Violence