Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal

19 reviews

maryellen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Death, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Blood, Police brutality, Alcohol, Gun violence, and Medical content

katievh's review

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Ableism, Violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Classism

never_enough_bookmarks's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Ableism, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Gore, and Drug abuse

laurareads87's review

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

I liked The Spare Man, but not as much as the author's Lady Astronaut books which I *really* like.  What worked for me was the setting - a multiple-ringed luxury cruise spaceship! - and the way it creates a 'locked room' around the murder mystery.  I also liked how Kowal represented a future where sharing pronouns is normalized (and using gender neutral pronouns and honorifics when unknown is the default).  I appreciated the representation of disability.  What didn't entirely work for me were the characters - many felt rather flat.  I thought there was some effective misdirection and a few great twists in the plot, but a few too many brand new elements, some of them rather cliche, were introduced right at the very end to make the mystery work.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Ableism, Sexism, and Classism

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

athryn's review

adventurous lighthearted tense fast-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

4.5

I buzzsawed through this in 2 days. Really fun, inspired by 1930s screwball comedies (you can tell from the title) about a murder mystery on a Space Cruise Ship on the way to Mars. I will say that I found the main character to be a little grating with her pile of issues, but I still enjoyed it and the rest of the characters (especially Gimlet!) to be great. Plus, there's a cocktail recipe at the start of each chapter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Chronic illness, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical trauma

Minor: Classism, Grief, Gun violence, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

katjonzz's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Death

Moderate: Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Violence

Minor: Police brutality

pet death implied through large chunk of book then resolved

owredya's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcohol, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, and Violence

Minor: Kidnapping and Sexism

chessakat's review

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.25

A Sci-Fi Murder Mystery? Yes, please! This was such a fun romp of a read. A mystery that kept me guessing (so many viable suspects!), cocktail recipes at the start of every chapter, an adorable service dog, and a glamorous honeymoon cruise to Mars - what more do you really want in a book? If you like noir conventions but space settings, run, don’t walk, to your nearest bookstore or library for this book. Mary Robinette Kowal is one of my favorites!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood and Police brutality

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcohol, Confinement, Police brutality, Sexual content, Violence, Ableism, Medical content, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Outing, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Stalking, Vomit, Child death, Death of parent, Self harm, and Misogyny