Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Fortune Favours the Dead by Stephen Spotswood

9 reviews

janin's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

the characters were great and will’s narration style was entertaining. loved the wlw as well as the dynamic btwn will and pentecost. a bunch of highlight-worthy lines that weren’t too corny/cringey.
that being said, i never found myself super excited about the story and so maybe the wow factor of the reveal(s)/conclusion was lost bc too much time passed while i was reading and i wasn’t invested.

i don’t think this is a spoiler but hiding it in case anyone reads it like one: the title makes absolutely no sense and it irks me lol

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Suicide

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

nanoauthor's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Violence, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Homophobia, War, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

321zeggy's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Grief, Homophobia, Murder, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Cancer, Sexual harassment, and Terminal illness

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

krysley's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Chronic illness, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

briely's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Lesbophobia, and Suicide

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.

qwerty88's review against another edition

adventurous fast-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? Yes

4.0

fast paced feminist post WW2 detectives in NYC

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Murder, and Terminal illness