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scytheria's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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? It's complicated
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Police brutality, Confinement, Blood, Violence, and Gun violence
Moderate: Torture
emmonsannae's review
adventurous
hopeful
sad
medium-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? It's complicated
4.5
I really enjoyed this one! John Grady Cole is such an excellent and endearing American protagonist. The characters are beautifully done (as always), and while John Grady’s coming of age is pretty dark, the preservation of his morality and determination gives this novel a concrete hopefulness many of C.M.’s other books lack. The breathtaking prose describing a landscape and a world that even for John Grady is already passing away makes this a bittersweet love letter to the old American Southwest.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gun violence, Police brutality, Animal death, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, and Torture
Minor: Sexual content
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