Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Beautiful Mystery: by Louise Penny

16 reviews

allisonwatkins's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Addiction

sparklefarm's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I'm just sad now ok.

Jean Guy whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Murder

sofiam19's review

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Gun violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, Confinement, Death, and Homophobia

kiramke's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.75

Not my favorite, maybe just a mood mis-match. Key point of the notes I jotted down, "This is not the character study + satisfying puzzle I came here for.  Who convinced all mystery writers and all tv writers that we need a series bad guy arc in order to keep coming back?  I don't, I swear I don't need it."

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Drug use, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia

i_mina_i's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Gun violence

kreyna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

celey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Another great Inspector Gamache mystery that completely takes place in an isolated monastery and explores the depths of Gamache and Beauvoir, alone in the wilderness. Heartbreaking and beautiful 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Gun violence

simply_fran's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Violence, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, and Homophobia

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Police brutality, and Pedophilia

franklola's review against another edition

challenging mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Murder, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, and Death

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This story was fascinating.  Inspector Armand Gamache is searching for a killer in a Quebec abbey where the monks sing Gregorian Chants.  It had all the elements that make her books extraordinary:  a good murder mystery, knowledge about a subject new to me, and the personal lives of the inspector and his people.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Addiction, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Confinement, Cursing, and Gun violence