Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith

7 reviews

satuhurme's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

Moderate: Classism, Terminal illness, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Mental illness, Racism, Alcohol, and Drug use

ange99's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Death, Suicide, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence, Terminal illness, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, War, Child death, Grief, and Infidelity

rebekah_sturgill's review

slow-paced

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

2.0

I feel like the people who like this book are unfamiliar with mystery novels generally and are Potter fan specifically. The writing was stilted and did not fit the context. The plot was predictable and was laboriously drawn out. The cussing and sexual references were gratuitous, like Rowling needed to prove to someone that she wasn't writing a kids book here. I have no intentions of reading the other books in this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Racial slurs, Cursing, Child death, and Murder

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

jhbandcats's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.25

This first novel in the Cormoran Strike series isn’t as strong as the later ones but it’s deftly told with Rowling’s signature complexity. Neither main character is particularly likable at first but they grow on the reader. Strike’s stubborn tenacity is both a weakness and a strength - it enables his success as an investigator even as it dooms his love life. 

I’m rereading the entire series after having just finished the newest book. I wanted to immerse myself in Strike and Robin’s world and read straight through starting at the beginning. If you like dense, intellectual mysteries, try this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Alcohol, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicide, Addiction, Mental illness, Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

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

nerdglasses08's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Cancer