Reviews tagging 'Classism'

The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell

17 reviews

marbleharbor's review against another edition

I didn't like the characterization. Most of the female characters have suffered some kind of abuse at the hands of men. It comes of as a crutch for the author. I did not enjoy it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Classism

Minor: Sexual assault

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

I had such a good time with this book, and I'm really excited to read more by this author. Love this ferda girlies. Would read a whole set of these baking mysteries. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic friendship, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Infidelity, Abandonment, Bullying, Classism, Grief, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Blood, Misogyny, and Rape

mirlezen's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Blood, Mental illness, Alcohol, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism and Infidelity

Minor: Classism

ariana3's review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

I thought this book would go deeper into murder mystery but it really didn't. It was like Great British Baking Show that just so happened to be a murder mystery.

A co-host dies at the very end, but the main host had a secret of killing her childhood chef. That chef's daughter, who lived at the house too, returns decades later to be on this show to try and find out what happened to her "missing" mom. But that was basically the last quarter of the book. Before it was just GBBS character development of the other contestants.

It was good, would maybe read again, just not what I thought it would be.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Murder, Death, and Blood

hatchtag's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I thought it was fun, easy, somehow both relaxing and tense because of it's clear 50/50 combination of GBBO and murder mystery. The plot was a bit predictable, if not from the very beginning, at least from chapter to chapter. I loved how much it leaned into the specifics of Bake Off but agree with other reviews that I found myself hoping for British accents in the audiobook! Some of the characters seemed thrown in for plot without enough development or connection to the rest of the book. I would recommend to someone wanting an easy escape with a bit of suspense/mystery that isn't too stressful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Classism, and Blood

Minor: Sexual harassment and Sexual content

rochelleisreading's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Classism, Violence, and Misogyny

Moderate: Murder, Sexism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, and Panic attacks/disorders

atamano's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Moderate: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, and Infidelity

Minor: Vomit

freshbatchofbooks's review against another edition

mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Classism, Infidelity, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

arturo_luzen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Sexual assault, Blood, Alcoholism, Death, Alcohol, Death of parent, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, and Injury/Injury detail

kdailyreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Alcohol, Bullying, Sexual assault, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Rape

Minor: Vomit and Drug use