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bravokidroxy's review
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
TLDR: it’s a book
The most interesting part of this book was the last 6 pages. There’s lots of drama and tension and blood in the book as a whole but none of it feels worth anything. No stakes were convincing enough for me to really care, it felt like this could be the action movie on in the background of a 10 year olds birthday or something. I guess minus the sex scene which was written well enough but there were plenty of more interesting ways to finish the story of a side character who’s job it is to seduce creepy men than to have her seduce our MC and <redacted>
I did not see the twist coming because I was so focused on the fact that Victor reads as on the Asexual spectrum to me and was hoping for that to be written on page at some point.
There was an on page use of the n word, by a black character to a black character as a term of endearment but the author is Chinese American so I’m not sure I feel great about that. Also there’s a weird recurrent fascination with the “Mongolian dwarf” who works at on the Beijing nightclubs, not sure what that’s about, think it’s supposed to be funny tho.
The most interesting part of this book was the last 6 pages. There’s lots of drama and tension and blood in the book as a whole but none of it feels worth anything. No stakes were convincing enough for me to really care, it felt like this could be the action movie on in the background of a 10 year olds birthday or something. I guess minus the sex scene which was written well enough but there were plenty of more interesting ways to finish the story of a side character who’s job it is to seduce creepy men than to have her seduce our MC and <redacted>
I did not see the twist coming because I was so focused on the fact that Victor reads as on the Asexual spectrum to me and was hoping for that to be written on page at some point.
There was an on page use of the n word, by a black character to a black character as a term of endearment but the author is Chinese American so I’m not sure I feel great about that. Also there’s a weird recurrent fascination with the “Mongolian dwarf” who works at on the Beijing nightclubs, not sure what that’s about, think it’s supposed to be funny tho.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Death, Violence, Blood, Gore, Confinement, and Gun violence
Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Classism, Child abuse, Trafficking, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Slavery
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Sexual content, Excrement, Kidnapping, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Pregnancy
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