Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby

32 reviews

tlaynejones's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Drug use and Vomit

amandalorianxo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

Sugar.Honey.Iced.Tea! (SH!T) This vaguely reminded me of Fast & Furious except set primarily in the south and with characters that have you on the edge the entire time. Bug will have you rooting for him from start to finish. Just when you think the job he needs to get done is finished, nope. Not even close. Highly recommend this for an instant thrill. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing and Blood

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual content, and Racism

aharper's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Abandonment, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, and Gun violence

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Death

Minor: Sexual content

joensign's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Racism

wirt's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• 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

4.0

Lord. What a book. The writing style is very straight forward and heavy on the similes, but it had a nice flow that kept the book going and going. It was a wild one for sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, and Racism

Moderate: Cursing, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Medical content, Racial slurs, and Drug use

courtnoodles's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Blood, Death, Gore, Torture, Body horror, Alcohol, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Abandonment, Cursing, Drug use, Misogyny, and Racism

Minor: Sexual content

kshertz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

I loved Razorblade Tears and everyone said this was even better and they were right. I could not put this book down. I love this author’s style. He takes a fictional story filled with action and in every moment he can, throws in the reasons why life is this way for people deemed criminals or hardened or troublemakers. They are humanized as victims of the system and the cycles of poverty as well as having no support when times get tough. He tackles all the “isms” with hard hitting truth. Nothing is sugar coated and you take this ride with the knowledge that this is a reality and there is a real reason behind what happens in society today. I will definitely be reading anything this author writes in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death, Classism, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Torture, Racism, Racial slurs, and Gun violence

sadieh's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Gun violence, Racism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Medical content, and Cursing

Minor: Grief and Sexual content

jennneely82's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

eegah's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

once in a while you'll read a book that is just 100% committed to its style and get drawn into it based on that. Blacktop Wasteland isn't really the type of book i normally pick up (i usually like books more along the lines of detective crime) but i couldn't put it down. i don't even care about cars! 

good, gripping heist stuff in here, with a heaping of no-nonsense southern noir. the descriptions are crackling. need for speed indeed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Addiction and Trafficking