urlocalrachael's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Hate crime and Homophobia
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Sexism, Outing, Murder, Mental illness, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Blood, Animal death, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Abandonment
jessiereads98's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
The characters here really weren’t fleshed out. We get a peak at each one, and they each seem to be interesting. Unfortunately, we really never get more than an interesting peak before they’re flattened back out and left unexplored. The main character is a recently-outed gay former cop. The story attempts to grapple with his complicity in oppressing his own community a couple times, but ultimately this, like all other character development here, falls off to the wayside. It was difficult to invest in the main character because of the failure of the story to actually confront the main character’s former role as a gay cop, and it was difficult to invest in any other individual character because we didn’t really get to know them either.
The mystery was fairly obvious from the start, so at times it felt like the plot was being drawn out. I think this would’ve been more successful as a fully locked room mystery, rather than bringing in outside suspects for seemingly no reason.
The concept of this book is unfortunately just much better than the book itself.
Graphic: Violence, Police brutality, Homophobia, and Hate crime
Moderate: Alcohol, Murder, Animal death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcoholism
Minor: Death of parent, Grief, Sexism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Outing
educatorgams's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Homophobia
Moderate: Violence
Minor: War and Sexism
islandbookwyrm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Police brutality, Outing, Homophobia, Violence, and Hate crime
Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide