Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal

25 reviews

athryn's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I buzzsawed through this in 2 days. Really fun, inspired by 1930s screwball comedies (you can tell from the title) about a murder mystery on a Space Cruise Ship on the way to Mars. I will say that I found the main character to be a little grating with her pile of issues, but I still enjoyed it and the rest of the characters (especially Gimlet!) to be great. Plus, there's a cocktail recipe at the start of each chapter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Chronic illness, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical trauma

Minor: Classism, Grief, Gun violence, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

katjonzz's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Death

Moderate: Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Violence

Minor: Police brutality

pet death implied through large chunk of book then resolved

owredya's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcohol, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, and Violence

Minor: Kidnapping and Sexism

kiaras's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcohol, Car accident, Confinement, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Chronic illness, Violence, and Ableism

Minor: Suicide and Classism

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcohol, Confinement, Police brutality, Sexual content, Violence, Ableism, Medical content, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Outing, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Stalking, Vomit, Child death, Death of parent, Self harm, and Misogyny