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singalana's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Gore and Medical content
Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Death, Murder, Violence, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Vomit, and Alcohol
Minor: Pregnancy, Suicide, Infidelity, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, and Injury/Injury detail
venetiana's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
But there are racist and ableist things in this book, and those are just very iffy. Ugh.
Graphic: Murder and Violence
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Death, Ableism, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Vomit, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Abortion, Alcoholism, Suicide, Blood, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Addiction, Infidelity, Bullying, Drug abuse, Xenophobia, and Gore
Minor: Confinement, Excrement, Cursing, Dysphoria, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Misogyny, and Infertility
sundayray's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Gore, Murder, and Suicide
Moderate: Sexual content, Infidelity, Abandonment, Alcohol, Grief, and Infertility
wonderfulxwonderful's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Pregnancy, Addiction, Grief, Rape, Gore, Infertility, Medical trauma, and Sexual content
mydearwatsonbooks's review against another edition
Graphic: Blood, Gore, Body horror, Murder, and Alcohol
Moderate: Grief, Child abuse, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Infidelity
Minor: Racism, Stalking, Addiction, Sexism, Infertility, Suicide, Alcoholism, and Fatphobia
Victim-blaming, adoptionchaosreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Grief, Infidelity, Rape, and Sexual assault
Minor: Abortion
siobhanward's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Anyway, the mystery was fine. Sad and very Danish, but fine. The writing was clunky in parts (usually the story moved between Esther and Jeppe, but there were a couple paragraphs that focused on other detectives for no real reason at all? Jeppe's personal life is a mess (as they always are in this kind of story), but the side plot about him sleeping with one of the witnesses was super unnecessary, especially since it played no actual role in the story, other than reinforcing that he did selfish things and almost ruined his case.
This was a very standard fare for a detective novel. Nothing special other than weird misogyny, unfortunately.
Moderate: Death and Gore