Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Shady Hollow by Juneau Black

10 reviews

samanthaleereads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

lumidouce's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Violence, and Murder

emilywemily6's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious slow-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

This was a cute enjoyable read, but there wasn’t much to it. I absolutely loved the premise but I feel like the authors made this story too cozy and simplistic; the murderer was kind of obvious and most of the book was people just running around clueless not getting any more facts about the case. It definitely had a whimsical tone, but in some ways it felt a little forced/scripted. I wish there was just a little bit more depth to this book to add more interest. I will read the other books in the series, but I am not sure if I will purchase them or if I will just borrow from the library.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

readingrampage's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death and Violence

linneak's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

kynajayne'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Very enjoyable cozy murder mystery. Wasn’t quite something (gripping?) enough for me, though the town and people were extremely cute.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Murder

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

2.0

How did this author manage to make the book racist when it's about animals 😒

The author relies on some racist and sexist stereotypes and the characters that aren’t offensive are just boring. You’ve got the panda who runs a restaurant called “Bamboo Patch” and he used to be a doctor in his home country but now here he’s working a low-income job. He has special herbs from his homelands in a cabinet in his office (aka playing on eastern medicine). It all feels like low-hanging fruit, relying on surface level cultural information to recreate stereotypes.

Everything feels so predictable and neither the worldbuilding nor the writing made up for the lack of good characters. There's a bookshop and a coffee shop and I wanted these to be richly detailed, cosy, and memorable. They're so lack luster that they blend into the rest of the scenery which is also boring.

I only finished this to see how it ended (who was the murderer) and that was a disappointment reliant on stereotypes as well. It just flopped. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

toris_in_her_own_world's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-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

5.0

This was such a cozy murder mystery! Some mystery books are very intense and have you biting your nails the whole time, but this one was very relaxing and comforting. I didn't know who the murderer was until the very end, and the plot was much more complex than I thought a book with animals as the main characters ever could be. I will definitely be reading the rest of the series!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Medical content, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

anselm's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

A good cosy mystery but except for the characters being animals, the story didn't necessarily stand out.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Racism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Classism

maddielae's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Murder