A review by pucksandpaperbacks
Wed, Read & Dead by V.M. Burns

slow-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

CW: Blackmailing, gambling, alcohol, alcoholism, mention of murder by strangling, car accident death (briefly mentioned, not graphic or in detail), mention of child abuse in detail, foster care; scene where a gun is put to a child's head, but not triggered; grief, loss of spouse; fatphobia and comments/descriptions about character's weight and weight gain. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, and Grief

Minor: Car accident and War

Blackmailing, gambling, alcohol, alcoholism, mention of murder by strangling, car accident death (briefly mentioned, not graphic or in detail), mention of child abuse in detail, foster care; scene where a gun is put to a child's head, but not triggered; grief, loss of spouse; fatphobia and comments/descriptions about character's weight and weight gain.