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kaela_arcuri's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
mblanke's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Graphic: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, and Alcohol
pratha's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Alcoholism and Murder
ryebread225'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? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder
jonssweater's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
My advice: just watch the film. In the live action adaptation, Jake Brigance is genuinely a likeable protagonist. Having to wade through the perspective of a self-important, hypocritical, fame-hungry misogynistic lawyer could have been an interesting critique of enforcers of the judicial system, but the framing of Brigance as an entirely unfeeling, apathetic, untouchable white saviour who does as he pleases and twists the law he supposedly upholds to make his ends is unsavoury and droll to read in my opinion (especially for a book that runs for over five hundred pages).
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism
Minor: Homophobia, Vomit, Antisemitism, and Grief
Grisham’s treatment of his female characters is deeply misogynistic.schlinkles'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
3.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and Alcohol
Minor: Animal death
poodlemama99's review against another edition
Graphic: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence
bradiehilliard's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder
It’s literally about a black man on trial for revenge killing his 9 yo daughter’s rapists.bridgetanderson'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? No
4.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical trauma, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Blood, and Grief
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
rachelplz's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.5
Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Violence, and Kidnapping