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Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia

5 reviews

greatexpectations77's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.75

I had a very very good time with this book, and I'm excited to read more from this author. I liked the characterizations, I appreciated the backstory, and I could see hanging out with these folks. I felt like the first like 3/4 were slightly stronger than the last quarter, but it felt like an older version of The Westing Game, which I LOVED when I was younger, so that was a very happy little nostalgia.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Domestic abuse, and Classism

Minor: Medical content, Pregnancy, Suicide, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

spoerk's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I have issues with the title. But I can't think of a better one, nor am I the author so I really don't have a say. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Bullying, Grief, and Physical abuse

dnlrbchd's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

2.75

The book was better in theory than in execution. There were too many side stories that took away from things rather than enhanced. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Homophobia, and Death of parent

temeade's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was fantastic! I would love to see more of Tuesday Mooney! The multi perspective in this book was well articulated! I loved all the twists that happened and trying to figure out the mysteries within!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing and Death

Minor: Bullying, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Alcohol

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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

4.0

 📚 This book is pitched as THE WESTING GAME for adults and it absolutely is. Twisty, clever, funny, and populated with wonderfully unique characters.
📚 Tuesday is fantastic. I love that she leads a full, fulfilling life and is openly happy being single and without children. Her love interest in this story is an intriguing side quest, not the main objective.
📚 This book is also a love letter to Boston, both its history and its modern incarnation.
📚 On top of the wild mystery, this book also gets deep into some serious topics, most of them centering around the costumes we wear to present ourselves to the world every day and how we can break free of them to be our authentic selves.
📚 It dragged a little in the middle, in particular a few chapters where it seemed unlikely that they could take this much time off from the game to deal with other plots and not be overtaken by other players. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, and Violence