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All The Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby

22 reviews

readswithrachel's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, Child death, Murder, Police brutality, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Child abuse, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Grief, and Religious bigotry

reddeddy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Child death, Hate crime, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Kidnapping, Car accident, Violence, Racial slurs, Grief, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Body horror, Chronic illness, Police brutality, Death, Racism, Stalking, Gore, Blood, Cursing, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Classism, Rape, Medical content, Sexual content, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Mental illness

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Genocide, and Colonisation

veronnie10's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Child death, Cancer, Violence, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, and Murder

beauty_and_thebooks's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Torture, and Murder

carriepond's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

The main character in All the Sinners Bleed is Titus Crown, who left a career with the FBI to return home and become the first Black sheriff in his Virginia hometown. A year into his new gig, Titus and his deputies respond to a shooting at the local high school. The shooter, whom two of his deputies kill as he leaves the school, was the troubled older son of a high school friend of Titus. The ensuing investigation uncovers something much more sinister, and Titus soon finds himself tracking down a serial killer.

I will start this review with the disclaimer that I don't read a ton of thrillers. I usually find myself annoyed if the plot is too predictable, especially because thrillers are often so plot-driven. I enjoyed this one more than I usually like thrillers.

Things I liked: Cosby does an excellent job with Titus's character. Many of the other characters are a little one-dimensional, but Titus is the star and he is a star. This kept me engaged even when there were some things I was quibbling with while I was reading (see below). The story also drew me in-- some of it was so disturbing, but ultimately I had to know how things would play out. There were also multiple side plots that I thought Cosby did a good job tying in and tying up, and it was a nice breather from the more grotesque aspects of the main murder plotline. Cosby also does a good job integrating the larger social critique into the story itself. 

Things I didn't like as much: I felt like I never really had time to wonder what would happen, if that makes sense. Almost as soon as a clue would appear, Titus would instantly figure out its significance or spring into action to move to the next puzzle piece. I like when I read a mystery and I'm given time to chew on how pieces fit together and here I felt like the wind kept being taken out of my sails. Maybe that's what makes it a thriller versus a mystery?

Despite that issue, I read through this really fast and thought it was a great thriller experience. I think folks who read a lot of thrillers would love this one. Definitely be warned though-- there's a lot in here that isn't for the faint of heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Animal death, Racism, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Police brutality and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Mass/school shootings, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

beckybeth's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Not for me. The prose was way too flowery and over the top. This book could have easily been half the length. Very difficult to finish. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Racism, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Violence, Death, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Police brutality, Torture, Child abuse, and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Stalking, and Addiction

ktdakotareads's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Child abuse, Blood, Death, Torture, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Violence, and Child death

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was a dark book to read and the stuff movies get made of, but it’s actually an important treatise on the state of the South even today where many Whites still yearn for the days of Jim Crow and Black oppression.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Murder, Sexual violence, Confinement, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Gaslighting, Mass/school shootings, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Blood, and Child death

megmccreery's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This was so dark and twisted but so layered. Definitely not for the faint of heart. I loved it and was genuinely creeped out. I would love to see this turned into a movie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Cursing, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Torture, Abandonment, Police brutality, Body horror, Slavery, Violence, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Blood, Pedophilia, Death, Racism, Racial slurs, Medical content, Murder, Gore, and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Addiction, Classism, Chronic illness, and Stalking

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

averycrainepowell's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Racism

Moderate: Racial slurs, Pedophilia, and Gore

Minor: Terminal illness and Police brutality