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cwerber'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
4.0
The main character, Andy Mills, gets kicked off the police force after being found in a raid. With no job, friends, or prospects, Andy spends his days drinking before contemplating throwing himself into the waters of San Francisco.
That is until he is approached by Pearl to investigate the potential murder of her wife.
There are lots of internalized homophobia and external homophobia. And violence because of said homophobia. And not like glossed over violence. You will feel each hit.
Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Violence, Police brutality, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism
owliglot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism
eedle_cacleberry's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Homophobia, Death of parent, Murder, and Outing
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, and Grief
Minor: Confinement
emmaeunju'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? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Homophobia and Grief
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: Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Abandonment, and Alcohol
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: Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, and Police brutality
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Alcohol
Minor: Sexism, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail
onemamareads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
radler's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcohol
cadence99's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, and Outing
Minor: Medical content
larareads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, Murder, and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Police brutality
Minor: Animal death, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent