Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Fortune Favours the Dead by Stephen Spotswood

4 reviews

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

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

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