Reviews tagging Vomit

Arsenic and Adobo, by Mia P. Manansala

11 reviews

bookhoarderbea's review

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Fatphobia, Body shaming, Racism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Vomit

karcitis's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Drug use

Moderate: Violence, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, and Injury/injury detail

Minor: Racism, Vomit, Lesbophobia, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Confinement, Blood, and Addiction

supernova_reader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious fast-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? Yes

3.0

The book is billed as a lighthearted cozy mystery and while there are great descriptions of food and small town antics, there is too much of the uncomfortable realities of the world to truly qualify it as cozy. Too real, and the mystery’s a little obvious. I appreciate the warning at the beginning of the book though, it does warn you about its “real”ness, I should have taken it more seriously.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Vomit

Moderate: Xenophobia and Racism

Minor: Police brutality and Hate crime

saurahsaurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug abuse, Murder, Trafficking, Violence, Death, Drug use, Grief, Addiction, and Blood

Minor: Cursing, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, and Fatphobia

greattappertwo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I love how good based this book was, I love the diversity, the friendships, and the culture. But I didn’t like the fat phobia and the aunties …. at all. I didn’t like the romances and she didn’t have chemistry with anybody. Her reactions to everything were so dramatic for a 25 year old. The ice at the end was random and I really didn’t connect with this book at all. Not for me I guess. Probably won’t read book 2.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Violence, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Vomit, Hate crime, and Panic attacks/disorders

coacklebee's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

This was fun! A light cozy mystery that I read in one sitting. I loved all the food descriptions and the fact that there are recipes at the end!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Body shaming and Vomit

oliviabriscoe's review against another edition

funny mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Racism, and Vomit

Minor: Abandonment

bookwormie's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

I am embarrassed to admit I thought they meant "adobo" as in the seasoning, but it is a Philippine cooking technique! The connection to food in this story made me salivate and I learned a lot about the authors' culture I'd never expereinced myself before! A fun mystery for sure and I look forward to the next book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Medical content and Kidnapping

Minor: Vomit and Bullying

internationalreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

wai's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was a fun book. It's not perfect and at times maybe a little too light hearted but I still enjoyed it. The main character is a bit of a Mary Sue who everyone loves, but I feel like everyone deserves to be represented in this area so it didn't bother me as much as it would be if the MC was white. The mystery had some twists and turns, it is easy to follow without feeling too predictable. Since it's labeled "A Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery" so I'm hoping it will become a series because I can see this becoming a comfort series for me that I read when I want something that will make me feel nice and know it will all work out in the end. 

The only thing that really bothered me was the MC's thoughts about people with substance use disorders. There's some references about their family having past issues with relatives that are drug related and as a result she is not sympathetic at all and even claiming that "it's a choice" at one point. Her best friend does call her out a little bit on this but otherwise it's not really brought up again and that really bugged me. If the series continues I hope that this will get addressed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, Police brutality, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Vomit