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tangleroot_eli's review against another edition
adventurous
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
The inclusion of Voodou and a scattered amateur sleuth with absolutely no idea what she's doing help this mystery stand out. Definitely interesting enough to pick up the sequel. There is nothing redeeming about Roman Frost, and I cheered in the parking lot scene when he said he was done with Reina. But then he came back at the end, and I'm deeply distraught about that.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Gore
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Death, Police brutality, Confinement, Toxic relationship, and Gun violence
Minor: Medical content, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Sexism, Racism, and Body shaming
Graphic: Police corruption Minor: Questionable consentwordsareworlds's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
This book got off to a fine start, but quickly lost me in the ways it flattened its characters and mined the realities of police brutality for a thin urban fantasy plot while simultaneously made a complicit, religious bigot cop the ongoing love interest.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Murder, Toxic relationship, Infertility, Grief, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, and Violence
Moderate: Child abuse
Minor: Slavery and Blood
xcampuskiddo's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
slow-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? No
2.5
While it was interesting to get a mystery story from the POV of a fairly unusual literary character, the pace was tedious and the detail were sometimes too irrelevant to the storyline for this book to be interesting from a plot perspective. I finished it because I was too far in to not finish it, but I don't have an interest in picking up the sequel.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Police brutality and Toxic relationship
Minor: Gun violence, Child abuse, Blood, Colonisation, Slavery, and Alcohol
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