Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Murder and Mamon by Mia P. Manansala

10 reviews

im_basil's review

informative mysterious medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity and Murder

Minor: Drug use and Violence

garbage_mcsmutly's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Murder, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: Death of parent, Racism, Violence, and Drug use

skye_era_books's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I just love this series so much 😭 I love that the calendar crew was the focus of this book because they’re such menaces.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Death

Minor: Grief and Drug abuse

callidoralblack's review

mysterious

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Classism, Infidelity, Murder, Toxic friendship, Violence, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

lmcarr0314's review against another edition

mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

* Everything in bold may be counted as a spolier!!!!! This book was a really good read for me. I definetly enjoyed the characters in it that were newly introduced.

Plus the calendar crew being involved was actually pretty good as the focus was less on them intruding into someone elses case but actually being their own case.

Ninang April being in a coma for apart of it was really sad and i felt for the other ninangs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Toxic friendship and Drug use

onegalonelife27's review

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

 Lila is back to sleuthing in this next installment of Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mysteries. This time the focus is on the Calendar Crew-Lila’s three godmother and it looks like their love of gossip may have gone too far. I love it in series when side characters get some attention! This time the Crew is starting a new laundromat in Shady Palms and they are having Apri’s niece, Divina, from the Phillipines to help out. Yet the reasons for Divina’s immigration are mysterious. Not long before the opening of the laundromat, there’s vandalism and then murder with Divina’s body found with a threatening message nearby. This is another great mystery to follow Lila as she tries help her godmothers and get justice for Divina! 

With this one, I found myself reflecting on the themes of gossip and how it affects both those who gossip and those who are gossiped about. Fortunately, the Calendar Crew’s information is accurate so we don’t have to worry about them slandering anyone. One character brings up, “If they don’t want to be gossiped about, they shouldn’t do bad things,” but everyone makes mistakes, bad choices, and perhaps decisions in order to survive,  and has to live with them. And it’s especially embarrassing for everyone to know and judge for those actions. We are told what happens to some characters that the Crew talks about, some are able to move on, some even find their lives better and some…well you’ll have to read to see what happens to them. 

Lila says she doesn’t want to deal with any more dead bodies early on in the book, but I’m so glad to read more of her sleuthing! I’d be happy to read many more books in Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mysteries, but maybe one day someone Lila loves will be involved in a much less lethal crime, and thus Lila will step in to save them from a frame up. We’ll have to see! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Addiction, and Infidelity

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, and Cursing

kirstym25's review against another edition

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity

bookishmillennial's review

challenging dark funny lighthearted mysterious sad fast-paced

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

disclaimer: I don’t really give starred reviews. I enjoy most books for what they are, & I extract lessons from them all. I hope my reviews provide enough information to let you know if a book is for you or not. Find me here: https://linktr.ee/bookishmillennial 

Gosh, I simply ADORE this series. I never, ever want it to end. This was yet another banger by MPM and I will follow Lila’s mysteries to the ends of the Earth! If you haven’t tried this series yet, PLEASE DO! They are the coziest, goofiest mysteries, and I love the FilAm representation 🤎🇵🇭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity, Grief, Bullying, Cursing, and Addiction

joannchristine's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Blood, Grief, Murder, Body horror, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Racism, and Violence

uranaishi's review

adventurous hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Bullying, Cancer, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Drug use, Medical content, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Blood, Violence, and Drug abuse