Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

2 reviews

sarah_readz's review against another edition

reflective relaxing

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

3.5

The murderers didn't make an abundance of sense, and seemed shoehorn in. It felt like the author preferred shocking the reader over allowing us to solve the mysteries based on the clues laid before us.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexism, Classism, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Outing, Murder, Death, and Biphobia

renyoi's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious reflective relaxing slow-paced

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

4.25

Really clever take on meta mystery, which is becoming more and more of a popular genre these days. It’s relatively rare to find an author in favor of the “death of the author” philosophy in any real sense, but Horowitz definitely advocates for that position in this book, which is refreshing. Very cozy read. Not as subversive as I would have assumed based on the conceit, but I didn’t mind that much by the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Terminal illness, Suicide, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Ableism, Homophobia, and Misogyny