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maddie_0930's review
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Death, and Violence
Minor: Blood
sassmistress's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Cursing, Murder, and Classism
Minor: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse
- Being centered on the jury for a murder trial demanding the death penalty, death is discussed frequently, but not in a detailed way beyond the angle of the stabbing and the neighbor hearing the body hit the floor. The defendant is underage and facing the death penalty (electric chair is mentioned callously a few times).- I counted 1 "a**", 2 "ba***rds" and quite a few occurrences of "he**" and "g**d***". Also, "Chr**sakes", "son of a b****", "load of cr**". There may be more that I missed. It picks up pace during the climax, when you're already invested.
- Very aggressive racism is closely depicted.
- "The father wasn't exactly a model citizen... He was in prison once. He was a compulsive gambler and a pretty consistent loser. He spent a lot of time in neighborhood bars and he'd get into fistfights sometimes after a couple of drinks. Usually over a woman. He was a tough, cruel, primitive kind of man who never held a job for more than six months in his life." Someone suggests he could have instead have been murdered by "a man he'd beaten up" or "a woman he picked up".
- Y'know, "Angry Men." The conversation gets heated, there are a few creative insults, near-fights that get broken up, and one man makes as if to stab another to get him to flinch
kooky_kayla's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Death
lilyemmaaa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Death, Murder, and Physical abuse
sssssoup's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Classism and Racism
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Death, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Cursing
beiiadonna's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Murder, Child abuse, and Classism
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Xenophobia
Minor: Cursing
victor_gannon's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
It's alright, a good short story that you can read quickly, some racism and stuff but that's expected.
Minor: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Racism, and Violence