Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell

36 reviews

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

hmetwade's review

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Vomit, Grief, Mental illness, Rape, Alcohol, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Infidelity, Medical trauma, and Sexual assault

sammies_shelf's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Sexual assault

Moderate: Murder

grayb14's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Alcohol, and Death

Minor: Alcoholism

one_more_chapter96's review against another edition

funny 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

3.75

Fun murder mystery with cozy vibes from the setting but several dark twists that kept unfolding. I liked the different characterisations and they all stood out in their own right, some of the surprises I didn’t anticipate and while others I did it was still satisfying being proven right for those along the way. The ending was interesting & there were some deep topics covered (sexual assault, murder, foster system, mental health) but overall it was fun being mixed in with the baking competition setting. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Blood, Rape, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Alcoholism

andy2_27's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, Gore, and Blood

Minor: Sexual assault

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

nahni's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

Disappointing ending that doesn’t make logical sense but enjoyable murder mystery 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Death of parent, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail