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Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

48 reviews

clarabooksit's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Gaslighting

blancake's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

Starts as a murder mystery and somwhere midway shifts to a Hallmark movie. If that’s your jam, sure but I feel that marketing it as a murder mystery is a bit false. Hence the low rating, since I came for one thing and ended up with something completely different 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

ella8ella's review against another edition

funny mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

fyre_flies's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Body shaming, Vomit, and Dementia

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

    I truly enjoyed this book! While I didn't enjoy the author book I tried to read by this author, that may have been because I didn't realize it was book two in a series.
   Vera was a great protagonist, her and her newfound family's fumbling was humorous but the book still had serious undertones. It was a good mix of lighthearted & emotional. I laughed and I cried.
   I didn't guess the murderer until Vera figured it out, the author did a good job of disguising them with misdirection.
  My biggest complaint was that the book was a bit longer than I thought it needed. I can't wait for their next adventure!

Narrator Rating: 4.75 stars
  The narrator did an amazing job, I wish they'd done a full cast for this since it was told from many points of view. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug use, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Dementia, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Classism

The instances of child abuse were emotional abuse of a toddler. Nothing physically or sexually abusive towards a child is mentioned.

perfectcupoftea's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Absolutely charming read! Good vibes even with the death. Love the characters and the food details.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Minor: Drug use, Stalking, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Deportation

kirtreads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was so much fun to read. Much like the tea in the novel it is good for the soul and very comforting. This book had me laughing, crying, feeling all kinds of emotions and it was all so heart warming. This is just such a nice, funny, feel good, warm hug of a book. 

I loved all the characters, I loved their growth and how they all came together, and I loved how genuine it all felt. This book deals with big themes like grief, loss, loneliness, isolation, losing yourself but all the while you feel joy, hope and happiness for all the characters. 

Was it predictable? Yes. Did you know what was going to happen almost the entire time? Yes. But I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Murder

kimberleyw12's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Grief

tey_lynn's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I have not loved a cast of characters this much in a LONG time. Especially Vera, she’s the type of person I admire in real life. Really enjoyable, quick and easy read. My favorite book I’ve read this year!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

kimveach's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

After recently reading some "heavier" books, this book was a delightful change.  I loved this quirky, cozy mystery.  Vera Wong is a delightful character, as were all her suspects.  A bonus was that I felt like I was back in San Francisco.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail