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While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams

13 reviews

katekatiekait's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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hmetwade's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25


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eleasereads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25


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ktdakotareads's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0


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lilifane's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This was a fun and fast-paced political thriller with a puzzle solving/scavenger hunt aspect that I really liked. The politics went a little over my head, but were super fascinating. 

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mnatale100's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75


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kcarney86's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75


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rae_bookmarkchronicles's review against another edition

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mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This took a little while for me to get into and I'm not sure if it was all of the legal talk or if I just didn't care that much about the legal aspect. I also didn't really care about the characters and I especially didn't care for the romance. But I didn't really enjoy the mystery/thriller aspect of it.
I think I would have rated this higher if I hadn't listened to the audiobook. I didn't like the way that the narrator put on accents for certain characters. But I would recommend to people who enjoy a sort of romantic suspense story


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savvyrosereads's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Rating: 2.5/5 stars

When Supreme Court Justice Howard Wynn falls into a coma, the world is shocked to learn he has left his power of attorney in the hands of his law clerk, Avery Keene. Avery herself has no idea why Wynn would have done such a thing…and in her quest to find out uncovers a conspiracy that will threaten her life and the lives of everyone around her.

Oof. I need to preface this by saying I absolutely adore Stacey Abrams the person/politician and none of the following changes that. Unfortunately, I’m not nearly as big a fan of this novel as I am of Abrams personally. The entire thing felt contrived and impossible to believe—even factoring in the suspension of disbelief inherently necessary for most politico-legal thrillers. The characters were unlikable and the stakes felt shockingly low (they were not) because no one seemed particularly invested in uncovering the mystery until the end. Worst of all, one recurring riddle, discussed several times by the characters and presented as key to the entire story, was never adequately solved and instead was entirely forgotten by the end. It’s possible I would have enjoyed this more if I was a bigger fan of this type of thriller (I’m really not) but as it was it still fell significantly short of my expectations.  

Recommended if you are already a fan of politico-legal thrillers.

CW: Medical experimentation; government oppression; death/violence/blood; drug abuse/addiction.

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lttlemzsmok2mchweeeeed's review against another edition

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mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25


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