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ladysmartypants's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Rape, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Police brutality
bookthief's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, and Self harm
lostcupofstars's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Where it let itself down was the character development. I know that this is #4 in a series of books about this same lawyer, but they can also be read a stand-alone books. I think there are way too many characters, very few of which are developed and this means that some of the parts that are supposed to be shocking don’t land the way they should. I found myself having to flick back to figure out who the reveal character was and what I had missed.
The action scenes were also really hard to follow, a little bit too much was left to the imagination and I had to keep rereading paragraphs to understand what had happened.
THAT being said, I did enjoy reading this. The things I listed stopped it from being a 5 star read, but once I hit the 60% point I had to finish it and stayed up til 3am to do so.
Graphic: Murder and Violence
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Car accident, Classism, Death of parent, and Hate crime
Minor: Homophobia, Terminal illness, and Rape
isabelatms's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Alcoholism, Blood, Gun violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
asourceoffiction's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I also found the courtroom drama really interesting; it was written in just the right way to present facts and evidence that made me question the verdict, but it never got bogged down in lists of facts. Court scenes have to be so static that they risk being repetitive but this was really interesting.
Part thriller, part legal drama, part murder mystery. It's such an enjoyable story.
Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Gun violence
Moderate: Rape
that_art_monster's review
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Violence, Torture, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Abandonment