Reviews tagging 'Dementia'

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

9 reviews

kailiyahknight's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Death of parent

Minor: Emotional abuse, Murder, Violence, Vomit, Bullying, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, Cursing, Death, Drug use, and Stalking

kappafrog's review

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Vera was so funny! I loved reading the chapters from her perspective. Some of the other POV characters were less developed, especially Riki. The story was at its best in the Vera chapters. I really liked Emma and Julia too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Bullying, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Alcohol, Medical content, Pregnancy, Dementia, Violence, Grief, Vomit, Gaslighting, Blood, Cursing, and Infidelity

bearybooky's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic relationship, Bullying, and Gaslighting

Minor: Grief, Infertility, and Dementia

heini's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death of parent and Stalking

Minor: Dementia

danajoy's review against another edition

funny mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

I'd recommend this to fans of the Thursday Murder Club series. Its a similar style. 
Vera Wong found a man dead in her tea house and makes it entirely her business to solve his murder. 

Unfortunately, just like in Thursday Murder Club  I never really got into the book. I kept going moreso to finish it than out of enjoyment or desire to solve the mystery. 

Vera is only 60, I feel like that is younger than her descriptions make her seem. I found her both moderately endearing and frustrating. 

The found family elements were nice I just didn't really jive with everything together. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Gaslighting

Minor: Dementia

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

Graphic: Medical content, Murder, Bullying, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Dementia, Panic attacks/disorders, Dysphoria, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Grief, and Toxic relationship

siobhanward's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

 Jesse Q. Sutano is back - I'm glad that this book was much more in line with Dial A for Aunties in terms of fun and quality. It was completely off the wall and crazy, but in the best way possible. Sutano has a gift for creating characters and writing relationships, and this was a great example of her talent. I had so much fun with all of the characters, I didn't want the book to end. I loved Vera, and especially her relationship with Emma. The heart of this book and the love between characters reminded me a lot of Roselle Lim's books, which is something that I'm always happy to be reminded of. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Death

Minor: Death of parent and Dementia

mtnest's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Dementia, Medical content, Violence, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Grief

heather667's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Bullying

Minor: Child abuse and Dementia