Reviews - One of the Good Guys

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One of the Good Guys

Araminta Hall

3.6 AVERAGE

gthompy24's review

4.0

challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

charlize14's review

3.25

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mitchellireland's review against another edition

3.25

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

loreoftherings's review

2.75

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I'm not sure

portiaraine1's review

3.5

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book was selected for a book club I'm part of. I definitely wouldn't have read it otherwise, and was debating not reading it even so as I was warned it contained domestic violence themes and I can find these triggering.

But I did and I was pleasantly surprised. Yes, it has domestic violence at it's core, it didn't upset me.

It was also 'nice' that it focused on other types of violence against women rather than the 'typical' physical brutality that is often the focus.

I enjoyed the story and although I felt some areas could have benefited from more development, it was an enjoyable read.

What I couldn't understand though was the use of American English. The author is British, the story is set in the UK, it's a British publisher... why not use our language? It made no sense and was something that stopped me engaging more with the book.