Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith

8 reviews

harthara13's review

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Drug abuse, and Murder

sllumbar's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

This was a good story. The book moved a bit slow, and with the long descriptions in parts it dragged on a little. But it was worth it as the end was not disappointing after sticking with the less enthralling parts. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Murder

Minor: Drug abuse, Violence, and Child death

ladythana's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Death, Death of parent, Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Classism, Grief, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, and Suicide

Minor: Racism, Violence, Misogyny, Infertility, Fatphobia, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Ableism, Body shaming, and War

srm's review against another edition

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? No

4.0

I knew what was going to happen thanks to seeing the TV show, but it was still a very enjoyable ride, getting to know Cormoran and Robin and watching them work out the solution. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Murder, Suicide, Death, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Child death, Classism, Cursing, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, and War

jselliot's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

A solid mystery. I admit I spent a fair amount of time suspecting the uncle, but the actual killer makes all too much sense when you line all the ducks up in a row. I also enjoyed the character development between Robin and Strike, although Matthew remains a point of distaste from start to end of the book for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Violence and Drug abuse

Minor: War

ran_sophia's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Child death, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Toxic relationship, Cancer, Fatphobia, and Terminal illness

lily_k8y's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The first part of the book had me a little unsure, but as soon as I got around the writing style and all the seemingly disjointed information it was a really enjoyable read! I devoured the last half of the book as the pace picked up along with the reveal. Looking forward to reading the sequels. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Drug abuse, Addiction, Death, and Child death

cmreadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Terminal illness and Drug abuse