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bel017's review against another edition
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Didn't like Nora's relationship with Jed. He's the perfect book boyfriend: handsome, considerate, thoughtful, rearranged his life to take care of her, always turns up to save her in the nick of time; you know the type. She thinks he's hot and leads him on to get information out of him. Not cool Nora.
It's a cosy murder mystery. The goodies are good, the baddies are bad, the books are quotable and the scones are still warm.
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Murder and Injury/Injury detail
heather667's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Body shaming, Murder, Violence, Car accident, and Sexism
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Pregnancy
Minor: Suicide, Mental illness, and Rape
helalost's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Car accident, and Ableism
Moderate: Alcohol and Abandonment
Minor: Infidelity
strawberrydolly's review against another edition
- 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
A fair warning that this review contains slight (vague) spoilers.
I’ve heard some say it’s slow-paced and I can’t argue with that too much, but I’d still say it was more of a medium pace. The plot never slowed down or went off track. Lots of different events kept things interesting and even the side love story made some contributing points to the overall mystery. The reason behind the murder itself, confused me at first, but after the entire situation was explained a few times, I understood it.
I definitely loved all the characters. They were all diverse and different. I only had a problem with June and sometimes Nora who said Hester was young and naive several times throughout the book. It just seemed unnecessary and was a tad bit annoying to hear it. It wouldn’t have bothered me otherwise, but it definitely had that kind of feeling in the cases of boomers muttering, “kids these days,” under their breath. Other than that, The characters were great and lovable, despite their past. Estella was my favorite and I hope to see more of her in the next book, considering what happened to her in this one. I also loved Jed and am excited to see his and Nora’s relationship grow.
I did enjoy how the characters had depth to them and everyone, even minor characters had secrets and a hidden past.
Another notable mention is there were SO many literary refences that a few have to go over your head. Luckily, most of them don’t hold any significance to the major plotline and if it does, its throughly explained. It’s simply a more enjoyable read if you understand them. I enjoyed the twist this book gave, I truly wasn’t expecting it. The afterword definitely got me hooked into reading the next book (which I was planning on anyways). Overall, 4.5/5.
Graphic: Death, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault
Minor: Alcohol and Medical trauma
kibbles15's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Car accident and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Grief, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Murder, Medical content, Infidelity, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Death
Minor: Pregnancy