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dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
detective media is cool until you remember its part of copaganda.
it could have been a 5 star book to me but i feel like at the mid point it kept tripping over itself and never fully recovered. to hide behind it spoiler warnings -
Poata Raki‘s decent and ultimate demise feels inevitable but not fully fleshed out. the “twist” of jay and addison being related to the colonizer was predictable. and while hana is finally able to start mending her relationship w herself and other māori people, the ending as a whole just felt kind of half baked. like obviously after being targeted like that and your child being nearly slaughtered youd want to retire
it could have been a 5 star book to me but i feel like at the mid point it kept tripping over itself and never fully recovered. to hide behind it spoiler warnings -
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Suicide, Car accident, and Classism
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