Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Fortune Favours the Dead by Stephen Spotswood

10 reviews

snips17's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Hate crime, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Violence, Physical abuse, and Death

Minor: Biphobia, Sexism, Misogyny, and Medical content

rainbowbrarian's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Violence

Moderate: Chronic illness and Cancer

Minor: Physical abuse, Alcohol, Homophobia, War, Terminal illness, Stalking, Death of parent, and Cancer

auudrey's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Murder

Minor: Physical abuse

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

An excellent first mystery in the series.  I especially enjoyed the characters and look forward to reading the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Confinement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Stalking, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Classism, Death of parent, Alcohol, Addiction, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual content, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Sexism, and War

Minor: Pregnancy, Infidelity, Drug use, and Cancer

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Grief, Cancer, Violence, Suicide, Sexism, Medical content, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Outing

teaskate's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

I just love a good mystery book. This book gives it all. The old vintage vibes you just love from the second you start reading. It feels as if you were walking down a street at night with a good friend and he tells you a story, one that every generation gets told at some point. That loveable duo that just works so good together. I always loved Sherlock Holmes and I never thought a duo like Holmes and Watson could be beat but Will and Pentecost work so good together, that Sherlock should be anxious. They are really a great duo. Also the plot twists that are build from the beginning are on point. Some things are maybe predictable to some readers but others wouldn’t see it coming from a mile away. In general can be said that the characters are great, the story is interesting and it’s something special. (I will let you discover this one on your own) I am excited to read some other work by this author. In the end I want to ask every reader to ask themselves. If you finish a book and you’re not crying at least a little bit, was it even good?Because if you’re looking to cry happy and sad tears at the last page. You should give this book a try. 
I recommend :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Death, Death of parent, Misogyny, Child abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, and Toxic relationship

karcitis's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Murder, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Infidelity, Suicide, Physical abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Alcohol, Outing, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Antisemitism, War, Cancer, and Terminal illness

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.0

I would describe this book as fine. It never wowed me, but it never disappointed me either. If you like mystery books, strong female leads, plucky characters, and LGBTQ+ and disabilities rep, give this one a try!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Violence, Lesbophobia, Blood, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Death of parent

zombiefied35's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Physical abuse

prettycloud's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

This book is so fun. It's noir, but make it gay. It's atmospheric—there's beautiful clothing, delicious food, and the pervasive edge of danger. Like many books of the genre, the protagonist spends a lot of it in a washing machine, getting tossed about by forces she can't understand and run around in circles looking for answers. And yet the protag gets so much agency within her constraints. She is competent, she is creative, and she's a delight to be around.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Homophobia

Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Biphobia, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Violence, Gun violence, and Suicide

This is a noir book, so it fulfills the genre conventions of people getting beat up and shot at regularly (including getting murdered that way). Many of the characters are LGBT+, and they experience period-appropriate homophobic violence and threats to their livelihood. The narrator ends up in a hospital at one point, but no harm to her body or agency takes place there. The narrator's mentor has multiple sclerosis but works in spite of it.