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Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

86 reviews

nicolechinny123's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Drug abuse and Homophobia

i love this book.

sahanav814's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Homophobia

Moderate: Drug abuse and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

emmasbookshelf27's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• 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

4.5

extremely dark book. know that going in. The characters are so well developed. Probably the most well developed out of all the books I have read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Car accident, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Outing, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

cgn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

4.25

I read this book in one sitting. Starting it at 11pm was a mistake, since I was too creeped out to put it down and go to sleep. I’ve learned I don’t like creepy books, though I can tell the book certainly achieved everything it hoped to achieve. I didn’t love the way the book wrapped up, since certain twists felt predictable and tiring, but for the most part it certainly kept me intrigued and on the edge of my seat.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Car accident, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Infidelity, Outing, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Homophobia

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, and Suicide attempt

lozzo_bozo's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide attempt

tahsintries's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Racism

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Suicide attempt and Drug abuse

1nvisiblestring's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Car accident, Death, Drug use, Murder, and Bullying

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

gingerale06's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Suicide attempt

nefariousbee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Outing, Hate crime, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Car accident, and Bullying

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Police brutality, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence

ame_lepage's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.75

If it wasn't for the second half of this book, my rating wouldn't have been that high.
I really liked the direction that the book took in part 3. I started to understand the hype then. That's when I really started to get stressed out and I think it is the first thriller that has been able to make me feel that way. So it deserves some credit on that front.
Now, I can't really judge the representation of racism in that book, since I'm not black, but I can say that the author was able to make us understand a little bit what being black implied. We can in no way understand the trauma that black people have to carry every day, but the way this book was written made us fear white people and racism like we can imagine Black people do. I can't really judge if it is representative of the reality, but I think I was able to learn quite a bit from this book.
Anyway, this certainly won't be my favorite book of the year, but I think there were some things that I can take from this book and learn from it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Suicide attempt, Drug use, and Drug abuse