Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Homicide and Halo-Halo by Mia P. Manansala

12 reviews

agnesjlopez's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Infertility, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Adult/minor relationship

auudrey's review

fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Classism, Fatphobia, Murder, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Infidelity, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, and Bullying

cleo_wylde's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

Cozy murder mystery! Nothing groundbreaking but it's good fun and made me smile - and desperately crave Filipino food!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Racism

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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

These books are so much fun, and the food always sounds absolutely divine. I'm also such a sucker for a book with recipes included. Shout out to younger me reading Diane Mott Davidson at age like ??? 14??? What a little weirdo. I will definitely keep reading this series and recommend them for a nice cozy mystery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Minor: Bullying, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

psnchz's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Adult/minor relationship

bookhoarderbea's review

funny lighthearted mysterious

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Adult/minor relationship

kimveach's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective relaxing 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

4.0

I enjoyed this even more than the first book, which is often the case with cozy mysteries.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Sexual content, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Classism, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual harassment

uranaishi's review

emotional hopeful mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Death of parent, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Medical content, Self harm, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Abandonment, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Incest, Violence, and Racism

alisonreadsitall's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.5

I absolutely LOVED this cozy mystery. 4.5 stars! One of the best parts is the descriptions of all the amazing Filipino dishes! 🤤😋 (unfortunately, where I live is severely lacking Filipino restaurants so I’m going to attempt some of the recipes in the back. 🙃)

I also appreciate when a book is encouraging towards therapy- there’s no shame in seeing someone!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Death of parent, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, and Murder

alexafuson's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

After Arsenic and Adobo, the first book of this series, I found this one a bit disappointing. This was a really fun book to read, and the plot was mostly engaging. I find it unrealistic that Lila was involved in this case to the same extent as the previous book, and the dialogue and internal narration are stiff and unrealistic. There are SO many side characters that I can’t keep track up. Even with the big murder reveal, I found it hard to care because I barely remembered who that character was. This book presented great conversations about race, class, gender, and privilege, but I fear the representation of therapy and mental illness in this book could give people the wrong impression. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, and Mental illness