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booalie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Trafficking, Violence, Animal cruelty, Deportation, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Islamophobia, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Infidelity, Mass/school shootings, Miscarriage, Vomit, War, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Xenophobia, Addiction, Alcohol, Biphobia, Blood, Body shaming, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Classism, Confinement, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, and Transphobia
Really triggering for a trans person trying to find comfort in a noir setting in a mystery novelphillyhufflepunk's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
The case Stephanie is working on this time has an interesting end but isn't really the point of the book. The fourth installment of the series is carried entirely by the flirtationship with Morelli and I AM SO HERE FOR IT. The book also has gems like "That's what happens when you have breasts. People insult them. Get used to it."
Moderate: Violence, Death, Sexual content, Stalking, Alcohol, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Car accident, Cursing, Gun violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism
Minor: Kidnapping, Racism, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Transphobia, Domestic abuse, and Torture
NOTES: 1) After the turmoil and change of the 1970s , "cross-dresser" was an acceptable term used to differentiate between transgender people and straight people who dressed contrary to their gender norms. At the time of the novel's writing in the 90s, transvestite had been mostly phased out of use in the trans community. Mainstream media didn't include lgbt individuals very often and the internet as we know it was in its infancy so the natural evolution of language did not make it into mainstream culture. Therefore the main character using both "cross-dresser" and "transvestite" is merely historically accurate and not maliciously ignorant as it could be today. 2) For those who didn't read the first books of the series, on page 64 when Morelli jokesbangiebangs's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Body shaming, Transphobia, Sexism, Racial slurs, Homophobia, and Fatphobia
Minor: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Gun violence