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eamily's review
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- 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? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Xenophobia, Racism, and Death
Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Classism, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Chronic illness, Colonisation, Drug use, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Fatphobia, Incest, Kidnapping, Medical content, Child death, Grief, Self harm, and War
fruitkate's review against another edition
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Racism, Sexism, and Racial slurs
Minor: War
thebi_brarian's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
Completely unnecessary use of the W slur (an old British term usually used for people from the Indian subcontinent) ruined this book for me. I imagine the author was going for historical accuracy as the book is set in the 1920s but it added nothing to the narrative and the author managed elsewhere in the book to effectively demonstrate racial prejudice without resorting to using slurs so I'm not sure why it was so casually dropped in.
I couldn't stop thinking about it for the rest of the book. Even replayed that section to make sure I'd heard what I thought I did.
Another note though this does not affect my rating of the book: the narrator is atrocious. Her attempts at the accents, Scottish in particular, missed the mark by a country mile and she mispronounced a lot of British English words (place names for example) that would have been easy enough to look up.
I couldn't stop thinking about it for the rest of the book. Even replayed that section to make sure I'd heard what I thought I did.
Another note though this does not affect my rating of the book: the narrator is atrocious. Her attempts at the accents, Scottish in particular, missed the mark by a country mile and she mispronounced a lot of British English words (place names for example) that would have been easy enough to look up.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs
Moderate: Racism and Xenophobia
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