Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Fortune Favours the Dead by Stephen Spotswood

9 reviews

snowkab's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I called the murderer about 20% in and I wavered (like in any good murder mystery) but came out victorious which is my favorite kind of mystery novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Death of parent, and Suicide

Minor: Vomit and Terminal illness

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

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

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

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

jjreads331's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Super fun, very quick, definitely engaging! All of the content warnings I've added have the caveat of period typical.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Cancer, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, Homophobia, and Terminal illness

mar's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

a fun murder mystery with some effortlessly witty writing, really easy to read. also, as sb with chronic pain, it was really cool seeing a disabled woman as the sherlock holmes of the story :')

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Death of parent, Death, Homophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Chronic illness, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Suicide

Minor: Gun violence, Antisemitism, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, Police brutality, and Child 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.

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