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* {{Anvilicious}}: The themes of "Women are undervalued" get so heavy handed and blatant that by the end of the book, it would have been more of a surprise if [[spoiler:a woman]] wasn't the killer.
* CommonKnowledge: Many people who didn't read the book and only knew about the controversy assume that the entire story was an anti-trans screed, not helped by some of Rowling's comments online. In reality, the CreepyCrossdresser is a small part of the story, merely presented as one of many possible options, and in the end turns out to be a RedHerring.
* CommonKnowledge: Many people who didn't read the book and only knew about the controversy assume that the entire story was an anti-trans screed, not helped by some of Rowling's comments online. In reality, the CreepyCrossdresser is a small part of the story, merely presented as one of many possible options, and in the end turns out to be a RedHerring.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: The book is largely known for two things: coming out when J.K. Rowling was coming under fire for her controversial views on trans people, and including [[CreepyCrossdresser a trope]] that people were quick to tie to said views.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: The book is largely known for two things: coming out being released when J.K. Rowling was coming starting to come under fire for her controversial views on trans people, and including [[CreepyCrossdresser a trope]] that people were quick to tie to said views.
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* CommonKnowledge: No, this not a book about a trans woman serial killer. A particularly salacious clickbait headline of saying the message was to “Never trust a man in a ''' dress '''” was passed around by several big outlets like The Daily Beast and Vanity Fair as the gospel without the writers of the articles having read the book. The former even got the true killer wrong. Dennis Creed, who was long believed to be the killer, is mentioned in passing as having worn a women’s '''coat ''' as part of a long term scheme to let women believe he was gay to get them to let their guard down around him. Creed is never mentioned to have worn a dress, is never referred to anything but “he”, and he is not the one who killed Margot. He also was eventually caught and imprisoned for life. Margot was actually killed by a cisgender woman serial killer ([[spoiler:a nurse named Janice who worked at her practice]]) when she began to suspect what was going on. This woman continued to kill people uninterrupted for forty years. If anything the message of this book is that women can hide behind being caregivers in society to commit evil acts which is the opposite of what the headline implied.
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* CommonKnowledge: No, this not a book about a trans woman serial killer. A particularly salacious headline of saying the message was to “Never trust a man in a ''' dress '''” was passed around by several big outlets like The Daily Beast and Vanity Fair as the gospel without the writers of the articles having read the book. The former even got the true killer wrong. Dennis Creed, who was long believed to be the killer, is mentioned in passing as having worn a women’s '''coat ''' as part of a long term scheme to let women believe he was gay to get them to let their guard down around him. Creed is never mentioned to have worn a dress, is never referred to anything as “he”, and he is not the one who killed Margot. He also was eventually caught and imprisoned for life. Margot was actually killed by a cisgender woman serial killer ([[spoiler: a nurse named Janice who worked at her practice]]) when she began to suspect what was going on. This woman continued to kill people uninterrupted for forty years. If anything the message of this book is that women can hide behind being caregivers in society to commit evil acts.
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* CommonKnowledge: No, this not a book about a trans woman serial killer. A particularly salacious clickbait headline of saying the message was to “Never trust a man in a ''' dress '''” was passed around by several big outlets like The Daily Beast and Vanity Fair as the gospel without the writers of the articles having read the book. The former even got the true killer wrong. Dennis Creed, who was long believed to be the killer, is mentioned in passing as having worn a women’s '''coat ''' as part of a long term scheme to let women believe he was gay to get them to let their guard down around him. Creed is never mentioned to have worn a dress, is never referred to anything as but “he”, and he is not the one who killed Margot. He also was eventually caught and imprisoned for life. Margot was actually killed by a cisgender woman serial killer ([[spoiler: a ([[spoiler:a nurse named Janice who worked at her practice]]) when she began to suspect what was going on. This woman continued to kill people uninterrupted for forty years. If anything the message of this book is that women can hide behind being caregivers in society to commit evil acts.acts which is the opposite of what the headline implied.
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* CommonKnowledge: No, this not a book about a trans woman serial killer. A particularly salacious headline of saying the message was to “Never trust a man in a ''' dress '''” was passed around by several big outlets like The Daily Beast and Vanity Fair as the gospel without the writers of the articles having read the book. The former even got the true killer wrong. Dennis Creed, who was long believed to be the killer, is mentioned in passing as having worn a women’s '''coat ''' as part of a long term scheme to let women believe he was gay to get them to let their guard down around him. Creed is never mentioned to have worn a dress, is never referred to anything as “he”, and he is not the one who killed Margot. He also was eventually caught and imprisoned for life. Margot was actually killed by a cisgender woman serial killer ([[spoiler: a nurse named Janice who worked at her practice]]) when she began to suspect what was going on. This woman continued to kill people uninterrupted for forty years. If anything the message of this book is that women can hide behind being caregivers in society to commit evil acts.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: When Strike first visits Irene and Janice, Janice talks about her belief that it's a good thing to get your name and picture in the paper. Irene snarks "Not if you're Dennis Creed," before having an embarrassing fart. [[spoiler:Later it’s revealed that fart was a symptom of Janice poisoning Irene, and that Janice actually likes the idea of getting in the newspapers even if it means being exposed as a killer.]]
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: HarsherInHindsight: When Strike first visits Irene and Janice, Janice talks about her belief that it's a good thing to get your name and picture in the paper. Irene snarks "Not if you're Dennis Creed," before having an embarrassing fart. [[spoiler:Later it’s revealed that fart was a symptom of Janice poisoning Irene, and that Janice actually likes the idea of getting in the newspapers even if it means being exposed as a killer.]]
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** [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/jk-rowlings-troubled-blood-is-her-most-ambitious-robert-galbraith-novel-yet--and-likely-the-most-divisive/2020/09/17/abeded18-f8f3-11ea-a275-1a2c2d36e1f1_story.html Several]] [[https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/09/jk-rowling-transphobia-new-novel-troubled-blood-controversy people]] [[https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/books/jk-rowling-troubled-blood-transgender-issues have]] [[https://wearyourvoicemag.com/jk-rowling-transmisogyny-in-horror/ criticized]] the novel for playing the CreepyCrossdresser trope completely straight, especially since J.K. Rowling had come under fire around the time of the novel's release for making controversial remarks about gender on social media.
** Creator/LindsayEllis pointed out a couple of others in addition to the transphobia [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHTMidTLO60 here]] (analysis of ''Troubled Blood'' starts at 36 minutes in). First of all, the heavy use of FunetikAksent with the working-class characters has some rather classist undertones. Second of all, the in-depth descriptions of any fat characters carry a very derogatory tone.
** [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/jk-rowlings-troubled-blood-is-her-most-ambitious-robert-galbraith-novel-yet--and-likely-the-most-divisive/2020/09/17/abeded18-f8f3-11ea-a275-1a2c2d36e1f1_story.html Several]] [[https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/09/jk-rowling-transphobia-new-novel-troubled-blood-controversy people]] [[https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/books/jk-rowling-troubled-blood-transgender-issues have]] [[https://wearyourvoicemag.com/jk-rowling-transmisogyny-in-horror/ criticized]] the novel for playing the CreepyCrossdresser trope completely straight, especially since J.K. Rowling had come under fire around the time of the novel's release for making controversial remarks about gender on social media.
** Creator/LindsayEllis pointed out a couple of others in addition to the transphobia [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHTMidTLO60 here]] (analysis of ''Troubled Blood'' starts at 36 minutes in). First of all, the heavy use of FunetikAksent with the working-class characters has some rather classist undertones. Second of all, the in-depth descriptions of any fat characters carry a very derogatory tone.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: The book is largely known for two things: coming out when J.K. Rowling was coming under fire for her controversial views on trans people, and including [[CreepyCrossdresser a trope]] that people were quick to tie to said views.
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* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch: Even [[https://amp.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2020/sep/15/rowling-troubled-blood-thriller-robert-galbraith-review this ]] article from The Guardian, that is still critical of Rowling, says that the whole controversy was overblown by those who hadn't read the book. [[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51807232-troubled-blood?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=lowtYzqSwI&rank=1 Goodreads' ]] reviewers (including LGBTQ+ readers) seem to agree.
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** [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/jk-rowlings-troubled-blood-is-her-most-ambitious-robert-galbraith-novel-yet--and-likely-the-most-divisive/2020/09/17/abeded18-f8f3-11ea-a275-1a2c2d36e1f1_story.html Several]] [[https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/09/jk-rowling-transphobia-new-novel-troubled-blood-controversy people]] [[https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/books/jk-rowling-troubled-blood-transgender-issues have]] [[https://wearyourvoicemag.com/jk-rowling-transmisogyny-in-horror/ criticized]] the novel for playing the CreepyCrossdresser trope completely straight, especially since J.K. Rowling had come under fire around the time of the novel's release for making controversial remarks on gender on social media.
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** [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/jk-rowlings-troubled-blood-is-her-most-ambitious-robert-galbraith-novel-yet--and-likely-the-most-divisive/2020/09/17/abeded18-f8f3-11ea-a275-1a2c2d36e1f1_story.html Several]] [[https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/09/jk-rowling-transphobia-new-novel-troubled-blood-controversy people]] [[https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/books/jk-rowling-troubled-blood-transgender-issues have]] [[https://wearyourvoicemag.com/jk-rowling-transmisogyny-in-horror/ criticized]] the novel for playing the CreepyCrossdresser trope completely straight, especially since J.K. Rowling had come under fire around the time of the novel's release for making controversial remarks on about gender on social media.
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* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch: Even [[https://amp.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2020/sep/15/rowling-troubled-blood-thriller-robert-galbraith-review this ]] article from The Guardian that is still critical of Rowling, says that the whole controversy was overblown by this who hadn't read the book. [[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51807232-troubled-blood?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=lowtYzqSwI&rank=1 Goodreads' ]] reviewers (including LGBTQ+ readers) seem to agree.
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* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch: Even [[https://amp.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2020/sep/15/rowling-troubled-blood-thriller-robert-galbraith-review this ]] article from The Guardian Guardian, that is still critical of Rowling, says that the whole controversy was overblown by this those who hadn't read the book. [[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51807232-troubled-blood?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=lowtYzqSwI&rank=1 Goodreads' ]] reviewers (including LGBTQ+ readers) seem to agree.
