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meghan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
It's transphobic, babe.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Transphobia
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Sexual harassment and Rape
abramstewart's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness and Transphobia
Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Fatphobia
pages_for_holly's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Transphobia
Minor: Sexual assault, Mental illness, and Incest
sydbap's review against another edition
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Transphobia
ronpayne's review against another edition
mysterious
relaxing
fast-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
I wanted to try some cozy mystery because it seems like it would be easy, relaxing entertainment, and I chose this one because it had some SFF elements, so was more in my normal area of interest. This started out meeting my expectations, with simple, but amusing characterizations, setting and plot, but quickly devolved into a ball of problematic tropes that all need to be packaged into a ball and yeeted into the sun. There were Romani slurs and cultural appropriation, cartoonish representation of Wiccans, and a mentally ill, trans woman murderer.
Jesus! Who wrote this? J.K. Rowling?
I hadn't payed attention to when this was written and thought maybe this could be forgiven a little bit as being an older book and of its time. Nope. Published in 2014.
On top of all that, you would have to have the mentation of a brick to not solve the mystery by the 50% mark so it was a pretty big letdown on that front too.
I do not recommend this book.
Jesus! Who wrote this? J.K. Rowling?
I hadn't payed attention to when this was written and thought maybe this could be forgiven a little bit as being an older book and of its time. Nope. Published in 2014.
On top of all that, you would have to have the mentation of a brick to not solve the mystery by the 50% mark so it was a pretty big letdown on that front too.
I do not recommend this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia
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