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Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin

4 reviews

melovesbooks's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

Had to read it for school

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Rape

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

melly82092's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• 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

I originally started reading this story myself and was eight chapters in when I decided to begin following along with the audible narration. I was loving the story but found myself struggling to read it on my own due to it's long chapters and the Authors intricate details written throughout. From the second I started the narration, I was enthralled! Narrator Kevin Kenerly brought Tom Franklin's story to life and I became more and more engaged then ever in the story the longer I listened and followed along. I highly recommend listening to the narration as you read this book, because it will make the story that much better! Tom Franklin did a stunning job writing this novel and his attention to detail is beyond impressive. If you enjoy reading mystery and police procedural novels then you will absolutely enjoy this book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Rape, and Murder

thebookfetishist's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Hated the portrayal of women (served only the men, didn't have personalities on their own) I know, that no female character could be considered a main character in this particular book, but come on, there are authors out there, that can still give their side (female) characters/less important (female!) characters a way better fleshed out personality compared to whatever this was. Also, hated the frequently occurring overly sexualised descriptions of women. 
Crime mystery was pretty average, not much tension going on towards middle/end part of the book, although I have to give it to the author, the beginning did confuse me quite a bit and made me curious. Unfortunately, he failed to keep the tension through the entire book, so it ended up falling kinda flat for me. 
The writing style was most of the time very beautiful, some very nice descriptions and metaphors going on. Additionally, I was able to learn quite a lot of Southern Slang and generally some new words I haven't heard about before, as someone who isn't a native English speaker.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide, Dementia, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

sunmoonstars's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, and Gun violence