Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala

7 reviews

agnesjlopez's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Violence, Emotional abuse, Drug use, and Infidelity

Minor: Fatphobia, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

ashwaar's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Fatphobia, Addiction, and Body shaming

knitreadkate's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

This book will make you hungry and likely go out and try to find Ube Extract from your local Asian grocery store. 

The author has a disclaimer at the beginning that sets the tone for light hearted crime novel. 

I think the plot is… not great. There are a lot of holes and parts that just don’t make sense for the main character to be doing or the process of a criminal investigation. 

In saying all that, the crime part I believe is secondary to the wonderful culture of the main characters family. It brings a warm, wholesome Filipino-American hug with descriptive writings of food, a drizzle of family guilt and a pinch of body shaming. 

It’s an easy read, don’t take it too seriously and enjoy the Tita Rosie family. 

But I did have flashbacks of family members criticising you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, and Murder

kbairbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I love how good based this book was, I love the diversity, the friendships, and the culture. But I didn’t like the fat phobia and the aunties …. at all. I didn’t like the romances and she didn’t have chemistry with anybody. Her reactions to everything were so dramatic for a 25 year old. The ice at the end was random and I really didn’t connect with this book at all. Not for me I guess. Probably won’t read book 2.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Vomit, Hate crime, and Panic attacks/disorders

cdiddy's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

Captures the family dynamics so well and was a fun, quick read. Can’t wait to try out the recipes in the back! Best friend was a little bit of a brat, though. Looking forward to the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, and Addiction

Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Medical content, and Violence

internationalreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

kissievendor's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

I was quite bored. It was a fun story at first. Also has a lot of rep!! Like, a lot, effortlessly, like mention of they (as a person), lesbian, different etnicities...
But the mystery was boring, nothing happened, and the resolution kinda came out of nowhere.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Drug abuse

Moderate: Addiction and Emotional abuse