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

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rainemar14's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted 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

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funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective 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? No

4.0

I’m still trying to figure out if I’m a cozy mystery person, but I really liked this (looking forward to the second one). For a good chunk of the book, the murder mystery took a backseat to the characters' day-to-day struggles, but I wasn’t into the mystery as much as I was into the characters so that worked for me.

Energy: Assured. Cute. Animated.

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The amount of food consumed after being touched by a toddler was making me gag lol.

🐩 Tail Wags

The writing style. The characters and their interactions. The lighthearted tone (without being cheesy). Funny, but in a genuine way. How it drew me in more as the story progressed.

Scene: 🇺🇸 Set in the San Francisco Chinatown area, California

Perspectives (5): A widow with a grown son and owner of a run-down tea house with few customers. A suddenly single parent of a toddler after their spouse comes into money and leaves them. Two characters who are tangentially related to the victim that are drawn into the widow’s world. The brother of the victim. We also get snippets of the teahouse owner’s amateur sleuthing case notes.

Timeline: Current (2010s or 2020s).

🔥 Fuel: Character evolution. Emotional investment. Mystery solving. Why did Marshall end up dead in the tea house? Was it murder? How are the other characters involved with him? Will Vera solve the case after police dismiss it?

📖 Cred: Semi-realistic

Mood Reading Match-Up:

Oolong tea. Sun visor. Flashdrive. Sweet flowers. Milk. Tangyuan. Toddler laughing.

Cozy murder mystery
Comedic amateur sleuth snooping
Adorable older main character perspectives
Books to read with tea and homecooked meals
Gathering the suspects tea spilling
Heartwarming found family
Whimsical, witty writing style

Content Heads-Up: Loss of spouse. Stroke. Alzheimer’s (off page). Marriage breakup, abandonment. Domestic abuse (verbal, emotional). Murder/dead body. Loss of parent (as child). Theft. Sibling rivalry. Allergic reaction.

Rep: Black, Chinese, Indonesian, Indian, and Asian American. Cis. Hetero. Warm brown and ambiguous skin tones.

📚 Format: Kindle

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emotional lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

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

3.5

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sangsmiles's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.5

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lue_moon's review against another edition

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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? Yes

5.0

Cozy murder mystery in the best way! I love the found family relationship building in this book and so many of the characters. I especially loved the relationship built between Emma and Vera, so heartwarming! The "who did it" took me by suprise, I think I was so engrossed

in finding out each main characters' story (that ultimately absolved each of them of murder)

that I didn't think all that significantly about who actually did it...

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