Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Murder and Mamon by Mia P. Manansala

4 reviews

flyinglark's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

As a new season arrives in Shady Palms, a new person is found dead. This time it hits too close to home to the “Calendar Crew” April, Mae and June.

The Calendar Crew breathes gossip, but unfortunately, it has caused many foes in exchange, even with the best of the Aunty intentions. The mystery of who killed Divina and vandalized the Calendar Crew’s new laundromat wasn’t that interesting for me. I’m not sure how to word it, but it felt disjointed, or it was a more check-in on the characters after the events of the previous books. The morally grey characters and their motivations didn’t hit for me. Overall, it felt too short for all the things trying to cram in.

What I liked was the community in the book. A lot of the cast from the previous books returned. This being the fourth book means there were a lot of names to remember, even with Lila’s introductions, and at times got messy.

They all helped Lila with the investigation, even calling her out when Lila went too far with the interrogations.

As usual, the food and drinks mentioned are mouthwatering. The romance between Jae and Lila was sweet,

with him joining her on her investigative outing to make sure she was safe.

Just because this book wasn’t the best for me, doesn’t stop me from anticipating the fifth book coming out in November.

POV: 1st Person

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Infidelity

Moderate: Bullying, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Cancer, Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Author’s Trigger Warnings: Infidelity, physical violence, mentions of attempted suicide, bullying, slut shaming, gambling addiction, substance abuse, parental incarceration, and parental death.

koplomps's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

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

2.75

This wasn't as exciting as I hoped it would've been..? It was quite slow at points. Meh.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Blood

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

joannchristine's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

uranaishi's review

adventurous hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Classism