Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Murder in G Major by Alexia Gordon

4 reviews

kappafrog's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.5

At first, I loved this book. I liked Gethsemane, the setting, the side characters, and the mystery. But boy did the second half let me down. This turned out to be a shockingly ableist book. My heart just sank when I realised that hereditary mental illness was being used to explain away horrible actions. It makes me really angry to see mental illness treated this way. This book had so much going for it and then just threw it out the window. Oh, and the only gay character was delusionally in love with someone as part of that hereditary mental illness plot. What a horrible direction to take what could have been a wonderful book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

laffi's review against another edition

funny mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

The book was mid to fine - the ending was disappointing.

Where's Eamon? Will he find Orla? Did the boys develop trauma? Why is Ruairi suddenly as talented as Colm? What's Gethsemane gonna do about her life? What about that creepy girl? What's gonna happen with the Carraigfaire? How is Aoife's name pronounced?

Many questions left unanswered.
All in all it was nice, I guess.
Although Gethsemane did not feel like someone who "lived music" . Tchaikovsky felt a lot like ~NLOG.
Cuz she special. duh.

I also felt like there were too many side characters, couldn't tell most of 'em apart.

Don't think I'm gonna read on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Body horror, Blood, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

henrismum's review against another edition

informative mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

First in series - Gethsemane Brown Mysteries
Audiobook (All of my entries on The Story Graph are audiobooks.)
Why I added this book to my TBR pile: I found this on a list of recommended mysteries. I put it on my TBR pile  in summer and its number finally came up.
Will I read more of the series / author?     Probably Not     Maybe    Highly Likely The book contains an interesting setting and concept - an African American musician in Ireland who solves a mystery for a ghost.
The narrator was Jessica Carroll. Her voice was a little baby-ish in some points. I hope she gets better.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

fourfootedbeasts's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, and Fire/Fire injury