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snips17's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Murder, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Hate crime, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Violence, Physical abuse, and Death
Minor: Biphobia, Sexism, Misogyny, and Medical content
kimveach's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Confinement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Stalking, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Classism, Death of parent, Alcohol, Addiction, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual content, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Sexism, and War
Minor: Pregnancy, Infidelity, Drug use, and Cancer
zarap's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Suicide, Homophobia, and Gun violence
anniereads221's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Grief, Cancer, Violence, Suicide, Sexism, Medical content, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Gun violence, and Death
Moderate: Outing
mar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Death of parent, Death, Homophobia, and Violence
Moderate: Chronic illness, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Suicide
Minor: Gun violence, Antisemitism, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, Police brutality, and Child abuse
librarianelizabeth's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.75
Moderate: Violence and Gun violence
some LGBTQ discrimination, consistent with late 1940's, violence slightly less than typical noirprettycloud's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Murder and Homophobia
Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Biphobia, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Violence, Gun violence, and Suicide
This is a noir book, so it fulfills the genre conventions of people getting beat up and shot at regularly (including getting murdered that way). Many of the characters are LGBT+, and they experience period-appropriate homophobic violence and threats to their livelihood. The narrator ends up in a hospital at one point, but no harm to her body or agency takes place there. The narrator's mentor has multiple sclerosis but works in spite of it.exra's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Violence and Homophobia
Moderate: Gun violence and Hate crime
Minor: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse