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greywolfheir's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Outing, Death, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, and Homophobia
kal517's review
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Homophobia, Police brutality, and Violence
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Animal death
Minor: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail
jessiereads98's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
The characters here really weren’t fleshed out. We get a peak at each one, and they each seem to be interesting. Unfortunately, we really never get more than an interesting peak before they’re flattened back out and left unexplored. The main character is a recently-outed gay former cop. The story attempts to grapple with his complicity in oppressing his own community a couple times, but ultimately this, like all other character development here, falls off to the wayside. It was difficult to invest in the main character because of the failure of the story to actually confront the main character’s former role as a gay cop, and it was difficult to invest in any other individual character because we didn’t really get to know them either.
The mystery was fairly obvious from the start, so at times it felt like the plot was being drawn out. I think this would’ve been more successful as a fully locked room mystery, rather than bringing in outside suspects for seemingly no reason.
The concept of this book is unfortunately just much better than the book itself.
Graphic: Violence, Police brutality, Homophobia, and Hate crime
Moderate: Alcohol, Murder, Animal death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcoholism
Minor: Death of parent, Grief, Sexism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Outing
lindsayerin'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? No
4.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Police brutality, Murder, Lesbophobia, Violence, Death, and Outing
Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
onemamareads'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? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death, Murder, Grief, Physical abuse, Violence, Alcoholism, Police brutality, Homophobia, Animal death, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts
goolaina's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Outing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Murder
Moderate: Sexual content
radler's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Death of parent, Grief, Police brutality, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Homophobia
Moderate: Alcohol
katanai'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
5.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Outing, Police brutality, Hate crime, and Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Blood, and Alcohol
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
suzreadsalot's review
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Hate crime, and Homophobia
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent and Child abuse
birdomens's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death of parent, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Violence, Confinement, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail