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Nightcrawling: A Novel by Leila Mottley

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kitrey's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

alexkersbergen's review against another edition

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2.0

2,5 stars.

Impressively enough the author wrote this when she was only 17 years old. That blows my mind. This story was heartbreaking from beginning to end. And although I applaud the author for constructing this story and being able to suck me in, I feel like this would work better as a movie. Personally, I couldn’t get into the language and the overuse of dialogue. Overall, this story is amazingly constructed and well written. Just not what I enjoy in a book overall.

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amberhammer's review against another edition

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challenging emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

madisonh31's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

sabrinabarkouli's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

toffeebox's review against another edition

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dark emotional fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

An emotional book with a female character struggling against a corrupted system. It had poetic moments where the emotions were meant to hit hard, but not to the point where it felt overly complicated and abstract.

I also enjoyed having a morally gray protagonist, a fresh breath from those overly positive books as it seemed that she was more realistic.

And the themes as well, black identity, the police system and having a female caretaker identity, were fantastically explored.

A minor gripe is the LGBTQ tag, it was barely there and I wouldn't consider it a theme of the book. Kinda superfluous.