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bethanycrowepowell's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Murder and Cursing
Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Abandonment, Stalking, and Infidelity
Minor: Alcohol, Body shaming, Blood, Ableism, Mental illness, Confinement, Death of parent, and Fatphobia
Tana French gets a lot of content warnings for having foul-mouthed and non-PC characters. One major theme is a main character who has become a "knock-out" after dieting and getting a makeover--but the POV character doesn't enter into a fatphobic paradigm with that.
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