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thelittlebook_bee's review against another edition
4.0
I gotta collect my thoughts and also watch a whole season of New Girl to counteract these vibes
31daysinaugust's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
laura_corsi's review against another edition
2.0
Very gritty and violent. Like the kind of shows my husband watches when I’m not around. Think Narcos with a supernatural element. Not my jam, but does have interesting commentary on the politics of race in the cartels. I think if the character work had been better I could have hung with the horror of the violence, but the characters were pretty flat and Mario as our main perspective bored me often.
mackiereese's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
crystalina0623's review against another edition
5.0
Wild! Couldn’t stop reading. Incredibly violent and haunting.
babybokchoy333's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This book is an adequate weekend/vacation read. The characters have potential to be interesting with their own internal biases and flaws, but there is barely any development. The Spanglish dialogue was refreshing and one of the few things that helped with character depth. However the rest of the writing style is so flat and tries too hard to be poetic and while failing. There was actually a line that read "the garage floor was grey like a garage floor" :/
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror
Moderate: Racism, Grief, Drug abuse, Death, and Drug use
darcierenee's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
pearlsugar's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
pixie_d's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Wish the book club hadn't picked this. On my own I wouldn't have read it, or would have dnf'd it.
brandi1122's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Child death
Minor: Cancer