Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

8 reviews

hauntedboi's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Moderate: Kidnapping, War, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Infertility

Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Self harm, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Outing, Grief, Sexism, Ableism, and Classism

orndal's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, War, Violence, Vomit, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Ableism, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Sexism, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Infertility

Minor: Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Body shaming, Animal death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

throwback682's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

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

3.75

I’d never read a book like this. Not only is the identity of the murderer a secret for a long time, so is the identity of the victim. It definitely kept me guessing until the very end.

Spoiler

I thought the twist/murderer/motive was kind of corny and definitely ableist (mentally ill villain trope). But the rest of the book was so well crafted that it didn’t really ruin it for me somehow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Ableism, Animal death, Gun violence, Violence, Bullying, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Stalking, and Vomit

Moderate: Sexual content and Child death

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Murder, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, Animal death, Classism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Ableism, and Death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Bullying, Homophobia, War, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Pregnancy, Cursing, Blood, Drug use, and Grief

cheerfully_chaotic_leo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Ableism

thefaultismine's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Spoiler

The tired trope of the mentally ill one being the killer, esp when it's confirmed she has a personality disorder, really tampered my enjoyment of this book. I'm tired of reading about people like me being the violent perpetrators in a surprising twist ending, while most times the only people we are in danger of hurting is ourselves.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

Fun ride, disappointing ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Medical content, Outing, and Suicidal thoughts

golem's review

• Loveable characters? No

4.0

So, the audiobook is great. It's just wonderfully entertaining, the actors are delightful, the different accents and voices are pitch-perfect (except for the American accent, which--at least there isn't much of it), it's totally atmospheric and suspenseful. As a book, IDK. The POV characters are the four straight white women and the hunky gamekeeper; the book seems very, very interested in the inner lives of posh white women but not too imaginative about what animates those lives (basically, body issues, class issues, men and sexual jealousy). There are some queer characters and a woman of colour (all of whom seem fairly interesting, if not very nice), but they are background. The plot twists and solution are, to my mind, quite predictable. Still--listen to the audiobook. It's definitely fun.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse