Reviews - All the Sinners Bleed

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All the Sinners Bleed

S.A. Cosby

4.28 AVERAGE

tanyalikestv's review against another edition

4.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

bakedbread1's review against another edition

2.5

2.5 ⭐️

There's good things about this novel. S.A. Cosby has a strong writing style, and in this novel it's rich with the voice of Southern Black culture. This story was set in a very small town, and Cosby was dedicated to highlighting the dynamics within it. And the premise was intriguing.

But I fear Cosby took everything good about this novel and fumbled. For one, he did the small town thing too much. The racist southern small town became Racist Southern Small Town™; it was so generic, and that bled into the characters, and honestly the entire plot. A never-ending revolving door of useless names/characters, the many, many corny lines (and overall corny vibe, I'm sorry), the many side plots I didn't care about, the way the actual killer story line DRAGGED and ended very lackluster despite all the buildup...

I had more complaints than compliments by not even halfway through the book, and by the end I was just plain annoyed. Not a bad book (I feel like I always say that about my 2.5 star reads), but I was not pleased.