Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers

12 reviews

readerlady's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, and Misogyny

phoebemurtagh's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Death, Racism, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Cancer, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cursing, Alcohol, Classism, Car accident, War, and Homophobia

kimalah's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Well. As far as a mystery, Unnatural Death is more a how was it done rather than a whodunnit. The perpetrator was pretty obvious from the beginning. Overall, the mystery itself was ok.

But oh boy, the racism and homophobia. It was apparent that Sayers was trying to condemn it through some awful characters, but it permeated the text. I know this is said to be of it’s time, but that doesn’t make it any less gross to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Antisemitism, Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Murder

eleaax's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and Suicide

marioncromb's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Lord Peter Wimsey investigates a death with no apparent means or motive. There are lots of lesbians. The story is pretty gripping but one of the twists is pretty obvious. I found Miss Climpson's style of letter writing incredibly amusing. The language is dated by use of certain slurs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Racism, Toxic friendship, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Sexism, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Terminal illness

Minor: Suicide, Blood, Car accident, Antisemitism, and Cancer

kjboldon's review against another edition

mysterious 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

I will forever adore this book because one clue was an extraordinary ham sandwich, and soon after is this line: "The examination was not a very pleasant matter, for the weather had been damp and warm and there had certainly been weasels." 

There was also a happy, successful lesbian-coded duo. And a v curious fictional biographical note that Sayers filled with deliberate spoilers. But fair warning of 1920s racism and the N word, and some curious sexist commentary coming from the otherwise amiable Lord Peter and his friend Parker.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Suicide, Classism, Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Kidnapping, Sexism, Medical trauma, Racism, and Toxic relationship

kmpuzzled's review against another edition

funny mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Antisemitism, Racial slurs, and Religious bigotry

barbarajean's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

sadcypress's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

helen's review

3.0

 More a 'howdunit' than a whodunit. The mystery is well constructed but the number and type of murders make it a bit of a downer (it ends on a really unsettling note). But this books introduces Miss Climpson!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs