Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

155 reviews

greatestheights's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Alcoholism, Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, Transphobia, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Death, Gun violence, Torture, and Violence

funishment's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Hate crime, Grief, Homophobia, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Toxic relationship

3littlewordz's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Alcoholism, Grief, Abandonment, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, and Deadnaming

Minor: Kidnapping

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

For me, a little bit of a slow start, but once it got into it, I was in it. There were a lot of sad moments, and the ending was pretty fulfilling for me. Would def be open to reading more from this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Murder, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Medical content, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

horizonous's review against another edition

dark fast-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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Violence, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Racism

Moderate: Child death, Kidnapping, Blood, Murder, Transphobia, Death, Excrement, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Deadnaming, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

labetra's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

Great fast paced read! The main characters  had great character  development  and a genuine  care for each other toward  the end of the book. I could have done without the detailed descriptions of violent  encounters, but it was part of the story.  Overall, a great read with memorable characters!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Grief, Racism, Hate crime, and Homophobia

killmoore_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

5.0

Razorblade Tears was perfect in every way. Tons of very heavy content and gore, but so beautifully written it was like watching a movie. I'll be thinking of this story for years to come. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Vomit, Deadnaming, Addiction, Outing, Sexism, Cancer, Car accident, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Classism, Terminal illness, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Death, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Homophobia, Murder, Racism, Transphobia, Stalking, Torture, and Violence

jeshleman's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

I really liked this book - it was a huge change from what I normally read. I kept feeling like I would love the movie version! It reminds me of The Equalizer, but with more than one character being developed as the story progresses. Really enjoyed it, but I am not sure who I’d recommend it to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Torture, Murder, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Grief, Violence, Transphobia, Racism, and Gore

rwgabbard's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Kidnapping, Gore, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Cursing, Drug use, Violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Addiction, Alcoholism, Classism, Drug abuse, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Grief, and Murder

bt_wannabe's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

Razorblade Tears reads like a fast-paced action movie while simultaneously dealing with the serious issues of racism, homophobia, and the ways families often fail their queer children. The mix of action and social commentary didn’t always work for me and felt forced at times. That being said, I still think this was a creative premise for a novel and worth the read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Grief, Child death, Racism, Transphobia, Gun violence, and Violence