Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

4 reviews

leannanecdote's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sarah_readz's review against another edition

reflective relaxing

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

3.5

The murderers didn't make an abundance of sense, and seemed shoehorn in. It felt like the author preferred shocking the reader over allowing us to solve the mysteries based on the clues laid before us.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Biphobia, Death, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Murder, Outing, and Classism

renyoi's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious reflective relaxing slow-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? It's complicated

4.25

Really clever take on meta mystery, which is becoming more and more of a popular genre these days. It’s relatively rare to find an author in favor of the “death of the author” philosophy in any real sense, but Horowitz definitely advocates for that position in this book, which is refreshing. Very cozy read. Not as subversive as I would have assumed based on the conceit, but I didn’t mind that much by the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Fatphobia, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Ableism, Homophobia, and Misogyny

simply_fran's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Xenophobia and Medical content