Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood

12 reviews

ivyprofin's review

adventurous mysterious fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Abortion, and Murder

glubglubglub's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

Moderate: Drug use and Medical trauma

Minor: Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

raenyreads's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

A fun, fast paced read with a great main character and side characters. It has some dark topics but I think they are tackled well and the tone is still kept mostly light with the antics of Phryne.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, Abortion, and Murder

antarcticophile's review

adventurous funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage

allydee's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, Abortion, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Classism

meagangrace's review

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Excrement, and Vomit

kmf54321's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

A good quick read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use and Murder

Minor: Rape and Sexual content

s_lorenz's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Murder

blewballoon's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense 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

I was a little worried going into this. I knew there was a TV show based on this series, but I've never watched it. The writing is very fast paced, flying through events so quickly that sometimes I had to stop to double check the grammar and sentence structure. There's a fun cast of characters and more diversity than I expected.

Though, I really didn't appreciate the unfortunate  implication that asexual people are amoral, immature, and power hungry.

I don't think I will continue with the series, but I am glad I read it and it was a pretty fun wacky ride. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content

Minor: Drug use, Rape, and Acephobia/Arophobia

traceymc's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

I seem to be in the minority here but I didn't care for this book very much. I love the tv series and did know that there were differences between the show and the books. But most of my issues have nothing to do with those differences. Phryne is a lot less charming here and a complete Mary Sue character; brilliant at everything; all of the guys, and most of the girls,want her; the most beautiful, wonderful,amazing woman to exist. Em...no. On top of all this the writing was not great, the prose was clunky, the dialogue worse and there were too many plot lines happening, especially for such a short book.
I shall be sticking with the tv series, a rare case of the show being better than the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Blood