patchy_at_best's Reviews (1.47k)

Rubyfruit Jungle

Rita Mae Brown

4.0

challenging emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Drug use, Incest, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gaslighting

Scarlet and Ivy - The Lost Twin

Sophie Cleverly

3.0

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Forced institutionalization

The House of One Hundred Clocks

A.M. Howell

3.0

emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief

Minor: Death of parent

Prince and Assassin

Tavia Lark

2.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A Restless Truth

Freya Marske

4.0

adventurous emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder

Minor: Torture

Jolly Foul Play

Robin Stevens

3.0

adventurous dark 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: Yes

First Class Murder

Robin Stevens

3.5

adventurous 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: No

Arsenic for Tea

Robin Stevens

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder

Minor: Suicide

Murder Most Unladylike

Robin Stevens

3.5

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Blood, Vomit, Alcohol

Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart

Sarah MacLean

3.0

emotional lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes