Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Secret, Book & Scone Society by Ellery Adams

5 reviews

vanesst's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Body shaming

Moderate: Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, Car accident, Infidelity, Murder, Death, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Gun violence, Pregnancy, Stalking, and Suicide

tangleroot_eli's review

lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

First, a couple things I appreciate about this book:

• Our Heroes are pretty bad at sleuthing, and they admit it. A nice choice in a subgenre full of amateur detectives who’ve never investigated so much as a checkbook register but can suddenly solve a murder
• A group of women! Who are friends! And support each other! Rather than constantly tearing each other down!
• Adams has attempted to give the Society members “tragic pasts” and really seems to have considered the ramifications of that for their interpersonal relationships 

So those things are good! And then there’s… the rest of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Misogyny

Moderate: Car accident, Body shaming, Murder, Death, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Racism, Cultural appropriation, Fatphobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Xenophobia, and Pregnancy

helalost's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Car accident, and Ableism

Moderate: Alcohol and Abandonment

Minor: Infidelity

misse3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Misogyny, and Medical content

Moderate: Abandonment, Stalking, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity, Medical content, and Violence

alexleigh20's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, and Murder