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mollywill's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Child death, Grief, and Police brutality
Moderate: Pregnancy and Infertility
Minor: Miscarriage
sakisreads's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
The authors answer questions at the end as well, and there’s obviously SO much appreciation and love in this friendship, that you can really appreciate the nuance this book had to have.
In saying that, however, there were times when I felt that the ‘nuance’ didn’t cut it.
A lot to think about with this book. Hard to read at times, due to its difficult nature, but also sometimes not as well written as I had hoped it would be 🥲
I am going king to recommend it to my best friends so we can have more of this kind of conversation 👏🏼
Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Death, Gun violence, and Classism
radlizareads's review against another edition
- 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
2.75
Graphic: Police brutality, Child death, Pregnancy, Racism, Murder, and Gun violence
Moderate: Racial slurs
minty_3's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Grief, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Child death, Death, Murder, and Racism
Moderate: Gun violence and Child abuse
Minor: Excrement
catreadbook's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, Police brutality, Death, Murder, Racial slurs, and Child death
cshcolson's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Police brutality, Grief, Gun violence, Child death, and Racism
Moderate: Racial slurs and Infertility
agnesg's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Murder, Racism, Death, Pregnancy, Child death, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Miscarriage
emilylovesgoodbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Child death, Death, Racism, Grief, Hate crime, and Infertility
Moderate: Murder, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Gun violence, and Police brutality
melikeread's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
well written.
would be interesting to talk to authors to see why they made kevin murphy’s character into a “good cop” and cameron into a bad cop, although they both shot.
obviously we don’t want to see things in just black and white, but it would be interesting to hear the authors’ intentions.
recommend!
Graphic: Gun violence and Racial slurs
Moderate: Child death, Grief, Infertility, Murder, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Racism
Minor: Sexism
nuanced. well written. would be interesting to talk to authors to see why they made kevin murphy’s character into a “good cop” and cameron into a bad cop, although they both shot. obviously we don’t want to see things in just black and white, but it would be interesting to hear the authors’ intentions. recommend!dckathleen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
I felt like they weren't really best friends anymore, they were childhood friends who had grown apart. The book has two authors and does portray both perspectives, but I found Jen significantly less likeable. She almost recognizes the pain her husband caused, but ultimately she doesn't quite get there.
Graphic: Racism, Child death, and Police brutality
Moderate: Infertility