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kateketch's review
5.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Violence, and Drug use
olive_lol's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Medical content
Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Abortion, Confinement, Blood, Vomit, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Death, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Racism, Animal death, and Chronic illness
kimveach's review
- 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? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Body shaming, Murder, Gore, Sexism, Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Chronic illness, Trafficking, Violence, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, and Terminal illness
Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Animal death, Abortion, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts
teaskate's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Blood, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Addiction, Death, Murder, and Racial slurs
Moderate: War
Minor: Abortion
aominechichi's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence
Moderate: Drug abuse and Racism
Minor: Abortion and Addiction
briely's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Death, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Alcoholism, Racism, Animal death, Abortion, Child abuse, and Hate crime
criticalgayze's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.5
I really don't have much to say in the way of a review, which I think is the typical point of these detective series. I will say that for a white man, who I presume is cisgender and heterosexual, Spotswood does a decent job of inclusion in his works that asks for a little more from the typical genre reader. (Although, I took issue in this one with the amount he included historical traumas levied especially against Black people given that it seemed more like white observational guilt than necessary plot as none of the key players are people of color.)
I also thought it was a little early in the series to give us a book that was so personal to one of the characters, but that's a more editorial nitpick than it is a note on the book's merits.
Moderate: Misogyny, Abortion, Medical content, Medical trauma, Drug use, Racism, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Drug abuse, and Violence
evilyn's review
4.0
Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide