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imds's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Addiction, Gun violence, Murder, Racism, Child death, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical trauma
imlfox's review against another edition
This book is for white men. It was vaguely misogynistic and the narrator is unlikeable. Stopped at the point when two white police officers decided not to record a full witness statement from someone who’s just committed an assault because “someone might try and claim it was a racially motivated crime”. This was because what she said indicated that it was probably a racially motivated crime. Suggestion was this was just good common sense. Main character is creepy to his female coworker, thinks about sleeping with her constantly and gets an erection while hugging her after witnessing a traumatic family annihilation. She is “polite enough not to mention it”. This book was recommended to me by two white male friends. 0 stars just don’t.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism, Violence, and Misogyny
fionamatilda's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Sexism and Racism
jacquy's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Gun violence and Sexism
Minor: Racism and Xenophobia
book_snail's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
mysterious
slow-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
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gore, Police brutality, and Racism
kartoffel_00's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
23/02/23:
It was a fun and okay read. Like not particularly exciting but also not particularly boring. The MC's musing and observations were fun to follow, like comments about bureaucracy. I didn't enjoy the male gaze parts though. Its not at the level of Dresden files but still there, which not going to lie, made me really uncomfortable. Not to say there weren't varied personalities of female character. The MC is just horny and makes it really really obvious. If I could reach inside the book and smack his head I would rate the book much higher. (jk)
Final rating: 3.5/5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism, Gore, Child death, and Violence
Minor: Sexual assault
This book has gruesome scenes so just prepare yourself for those. And gruesome in the sense that it doesn't provide details but the scene does make your stomach lurch for being what it is.jdieperink's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
I really wanted to like this book more than I did.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Gore, and Body horror
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Addiction, Xenophobia, and Misogyny
kentanapages's review against another edition
From what I know of this author, he’s a white liberal who is trying to write non-white characters and bring that to his (mostly white) audience, which can have value. However, sentences like the following, not followed by some addressing of the larger issue, are damaging and problematic and this is going to be a DNF book and series for me
“I suddenly had a horrible thought. What if they were thinking of sending me to Trident? That was the operational command unit charged with tackling gun crime within the Black community. Trident was always on the lookout for Black officers to do hideously dangerous undercover work, and being mixed race meant that I qualified. It’s not that I don’t think they do a worthwhile job, it’s just that I didn’t think I’d be very good at it.”
“I suddenly had a horrible thought. What if they were thinking of sending me to Trident? That was the operational command unit charged with tackling gun crime within the Black community. Trident was always on the lookout for Black officers to do hideously dangerous undercover work, and being mixed race meant that I qualified. It’s not that I don’t think they do a worthwhile job, it’s just that I didn’t think I’d be very good at it.”
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism and Sexism
algaliarept's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexism and Racism
feebles640's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Death, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Racism, Rape, and Sexual violence