Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood

3 reviews

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

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

meiran's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Drug abuse

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Medical trauma

Minor: Sexual content and Torture