Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Murder Is Bad Manners by Robin Stevens

14 reviews

gasoline_allie's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Toxic friendship, Xenophobia, and Blood

Minor: Bullying

emuna's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Minor: Alcoholism

violet_pages's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Racism, Suicide, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Child death, and Blood

Minor: Fatphobia, Ableism, Colonisation, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Vomit, Confinement, Animal death, and Infidelity

bookb1itch's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This series of books was in my school library before I was and I often wondered at a series about murder for tweens.  Finally, I got around to listening to it, and I feel Stevens has a real knack for presenting a murder mystery as a tutorial for readers new to the genre.  Some of the themes would appear to be inappropriate for young readers (infidelity, unmarried teacher having a baby - around WWI, adoption of said baby, teen suicide, and of course murder) but they are handled simply and without unnecessarily gory details.  At present, one of my more mature 11yo students is reading this, on the understanding that she will return it if anything is too confronting.  I'm curious as to what she will think.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Alcohol, and Suicide

Minor: Pregnancy and Racism

elysianbud's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Main character Hazel is enjoyable and sweet, overall mystery plot is enjoyable. Twist was unexpected. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Toxic friendship, and Racism

Minor: Colonisation, Fatphobia, Blood, Death, Bullying, and Grief

bookwyrmknits's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

This is a fun romp of a middle grade detective story, and it was an enjoyable ride. I enjoyed seeing where Robin Stevens took her two girl detectives on this adventure. I was pleased that Hazel, one of the two main characters in this novel (our narrator, no less), was from Hong Kong, and yet I was also annoyed at the casual racism peppered in here and there throughout the book. It was not in a large quantity of the book, it is probably historically accurate (the book is set in the 1930's), and Hazel does complain to herself about it to indicate to the reader that it's not okay behavior, but I still didn't like that part.

Daisy, the other main character, was also hard to like at times. Sometimes I enjoyed her character a lot, and other times she was a bully and I wanted nothing to do with her. I'm very torn on my opinion of Daisy, and she's probably the reason I won't be continuing with the series.

Overall, though, this is a fun read, with a twisty enough mystery that readers (especially in the target age range) can have fun with the reveals.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Blood, Alcohol, and Violence

Minor: Racism and Vomit

patchy_at_best's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Vomit, Child death, Death, and Blood

mollymoo1234's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious tense 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

5.0

I loved this book the plot is just constantly twisted and the characters are all so individual and adorable especially Beanie she’s my favourite hope you enjoy the book xx

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Death, Murder, and Suicide

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, Blood, and Alcohol

vanessa_black_03's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Minor: Suicide

deadgirlwalking23's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Child abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcoholism