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e_ski's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.25
Moderate: Drug use and Racism
acogna's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Drug use and Racism
elenavillan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Racism and Colonisation
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use
hjb_128's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Drug use, Racial slurs, and Murder
Moderate: Sexism, Death of parent, Colonisation, and War
pedanther's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and Colonisation
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexism, Violence, Murder, War, and Classism
Minor: Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
citrus_stars's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
overall, a pretty bland read; not anything to write home about and not something i'd recommend, really. a bit long-winded in the very last chapter, but that's just a personal opinion. it's saving grace was the humour, some of which still holds up pretty well.
ymmv with this book, but my opinion of it was severely soured by the overt racism.
Graphic: Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, and Colonisation
Moderate: Sexism
Minor: Cannibalism
pengintoppa's review against another edition
Graphic: Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, and Colonisation
Moderate: Slavery, Cannibalism, and War
softiejace's review against another edition
- 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? No
3.0
Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, and War
Minor: Addiction and Cannibalism
ashlurtis's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
I did not understand some of the lingo which I think made the story a little shallower for me, but overall I don't think I missed too much. I chose this book because it was on the smaller side, but I felt like the mystery was solved really quickly and then the back story took up most of the end, which I didn't really care about since the book was so short. I didn't have time to get invested in any of the characters, so I didn't much care where the stolen treasure came from?
Of course there is something to be said for canon and I will most likely read more of the Doyle books I have sitting on the shelf, but I'm not running to them.
Graphic: Drug use