Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Unnatural Death by Dorothy L. Sayers

5 reviews

bubblescotch's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Homophobia and Violence

phoebemurtagh's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cursing, Homophobia, Car accident, Alcohol, War, and Classism

marioncromb's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Lord Peter Wimsey investigates a death with no apparent means or motive. There are lots of lesbians. The story is pretty gripping but one of the twists is pretty obvious. I found Miss Climpson's style of letter writing incredibly amusing. The language is dated by use of certain slurs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, Blood, Antisemitism, and Car accident

kjboldon's review

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I will forever adore this book because one clue was an extraordinary ham sandwich, and soon after is this line: "The examination was not a very pleasant matter, for the weather had been damp and warm and there had certainly been weasels." 

There was also a happy, successful lesbian-coded duo. And a v curious fictional biographical note that Sayers filled with deliberate spoilers. But fair warning of 1920s racism and the N word, and some curious sexist commentary coming from the otherwise amiable Lord Peter and his friend Parker.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, and Classism

grayraincurtain's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The mystery was very engaging, my favorite so far, but far more period-typical racist language than was in previous books knocked my rating down

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, and Violence