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All the Sinners Bleed

S.A. Cosby

4.28 AVERAGE

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Absolutely loved this book. The perfect amount of challenging for me. Kept my attention all the way through. Even the slower parts were interesting. It is pretty graphic but I think it added to the shock interest of the book. 
dark mysterious
dark emotional mysterious 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: Yes
mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A great, thrilling read with a rapid fire pace. I really wanted more from this novel. My main gripe is that I’m not sure this book was confident about what it wanted to be. It’s not a real mystery, but there are so many elements of that genre that take away from its thriller billing - and when Cosby’s on that, the book is undeniably good.

But too much ham fisted sociopolitical commentary makes me feel like Cosby didn't really trust his audience to understand what it means to be a black sheriff, not just in the South but in the true “Old Dixie” that is rural Virginia.

I was left wanting a little bit more but always entertained.
challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Great audio book.
challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Another fantastic novel from Cosby. He never misses when it comes to giving you a great story. 
dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I've taken to S.A. Cosby after reading Razorblade Tears. All The Sinners Bleed was much better written, but I felt like there were just a few too many layers to this cake. I was engaged and soaking up the things transpiring, but it felt like there had just been a little too much heaped onto this plate. While I enjoyed myself, I think some of the B, C, and D plots could have been thinned to focus more on the meat of the story. I wanted to like Titus more than I actually did.