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mags_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Graphic: Medical content, Blood, Gore, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Body horror, Medical trauma, Child death, Murder, and Physical abuse
Minor: Rape and Suicide
feebles640's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Death, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Racism, Rape, and Sexual violence
purplepenning's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror and Death
Moderate: Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Alcohol, Child death, Gore, Cursing, Murder, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Sexual assault, and Blood
Minor: Racism and Xenophobia
mixyplixl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Child death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
samsearle'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? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
strangeeigenfunction's review against another edition
4.5
I can, however, definitely see how people could be annoyed by Grant's tendency to be sexually attracted to women at relatively inappropriate times (there's definitely sexism, though I'd stop short of saying the book expresses a notable level of hatred towards women, aside perhaps from the historical Punch & Judy story) and I expect people with only slightly less tolerance for historical details or technobabble might get bored here.
Graphic: Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Violence
Moderate: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Sexism, Gun violence, Sexual content, Police brutality, Murder, and Medical content
Minor: Sexual violence, Drug use, Racial slurs, Addiction, and Excrement
smmrmmrmmr's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
HOWEVER:
The main character objectifies every single woman he comes across, and they all seem fine with this? every single woman in this book seems determined, at some point, to make him sexually attracted to him and he constantly thinks about boobs or butts and it takes up a fair part of his inner monologue. I choose to believe that this is not how all men think.
Too many descriptions of cars. The main character seems to belive that you can tell everything about a person by what car they drive, and know what car they drive by how they behave. I do not care about cars and I think he talked more about them than the murders he was supposed to be investigating
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Deadnaming, Gun violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny
decembermagpie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Cursing
Moderate: Drug use, Kidnapping, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Drug abuse, Vomit, Medical trauma, Murder, and Physical abuse
Minor: Addiction
readingsanctuaryblog's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
encharro'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? No
2.0
Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Suicide