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eve81's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Grief, Police brutality, Murder, and Racism
caseythereader'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? No
4.5
Graphic: Drug use, Murder, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Police brutality, and Violence
mirireads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Death and Grief
Minor: Gun violence, Medical content, and Murder
lb781's review against another edition
- 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? No
2.75
Graphic: Murder, Racism, Police brutality, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, and Mental illness
Minor: Sexual content
garynoplastie's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Death, Grief, Police brutality, and Racism
Moderate: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Minor: Animal death, Gun violence, and Sexual content
sydapel'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Violence, Mental illness, Hate crime, Police brutality, Gun violence, and Grief
vasha's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I'm only referring to the narration, because most of the dialogue is impoverished on purpose, the protagonist being reduced to few words or silence at important moments. The girlfriend's verbal skills are something for the protagonist to aspire to. She lyrically describes what dancing is like for her: "I’m making space and I’m dancing into the space. I’m like, dancing into the space the drums leave, you know, between the kick and the snare and the hat, where that silence lies, that huge silence, those moments and spaces the drums are asking you to fill." The protagonist answers less inventively by inviting her to a club where he says there's "an energy that's very freeing, a bunch of black people being themselves."
Graphic: Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Grief, and Gun violence
Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Death of parent
Minor: Animal death, Cultural appropriation, and Terminal illness
writingcaia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
A love story of a man who is suffering because he cannot be free, because he’s is trapped in a world that has confined him to a label, to a skin he cannot change, even if he wanted to to, which he doesn’t. It is not an easy love thus, because he can’t face his demons, his frailty, his fear of drowning in the sorrow of his prison.
A beautiful and heart breaking tale, which if it hadn’t a open ending would be more appreciated 😅
Graphic: Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Police brutality
Minor: Death, Grief, Murder, and Blood
radfordmanor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Hate crime, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, and Violence
atipsygiraffe'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: Racism, Murder, and Police brutality