Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

4 reviews

junowo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

A very enjoyable mystery novel. I liked the use of the “book within a book” framework to create parallels and deepen meaning. Both Atticus and Susan are enjoyable characters to read, and I really loved trying to work things out myself.
I will say that the justification at the end for certain character’s actions fell a bit flat, but I was willing to suspend disbelief for the sake of the climax!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Classism, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Grief, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Body shaming, Child death, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, and Animal death

renyoi's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

4.25

Really clever take on meta mystery, which is becoming more and more of a popular genre these days. It’s relatively rare to find an author in favor of the “death of the author” philosophy in any real sense, but Horowitz definitely advocates for that position in this book, which is refreshing. Very cozy read. Not as subversive as I would have assumed based on the conceit, but I didn’t mind that much by the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Terminal illness, Suicide, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Ableism, Homophobia, and Misogyny

purplepenning's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Infidelity, Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Suicide, Blood, Bullying, and Death

rieviolet's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Dementia, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Pedophilia