Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

189 reviews

ryankaybee's review

challenging dark sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

elyssam's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

A good and thrilling read on revenge! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Car accident, and Murder

gknott's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Excrement, and Fire/Fire injury

louisekf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

kendramekalle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

2.5

Razorblade Tears is a fast-paced, grab you by the throat story of grief and vengeance that doesn't let go... at first.

Two fathers, Ike and Buddy Lee, ex-cons who have very little in common, but the love they have for their married sons who were brutally murdered. As Buddy Lee starts to feel that the police are doing lttle to find the his son's killers, he enlists the help of Ike. Together, they set out to find justice for their sons and learn to accept who their sons were. 

I am so thankful to have read 'All the Sinners Bleed' before reading this one, because this was a bit a disappointment. This was vulgar, violent, and predictable. I'm giving this a 2.5. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Deadnaming

nats2643's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism

ktdakotareads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Deadnaming, Infidelity, Transphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

bookiecharm's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer

mecmccann's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

• 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

Initial thoughts: I liked this book a lot. It was dark and violent, but it had depth; it was more than just 320 pages of pew pew. I don’t think that existing lgbtq+ ally’s are the target audience. I think people who are new to allyship are. For that reason it wasn’t a perfect book for me. There were also a loooot of similes, some of which were poorly written, which did take me out of the story a bit. I’m also not a huge fan of the pew pew scenes. A good book, I’m just not the ideal audience.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

midnightgremlin's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Lesbophobia, and Outing