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bekkalee1786'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
Graphic: Cursing, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, and Alcohol
plutonianonmars's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use
galleytrot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Tex is acting in the pursuit of upstaging his retired detective father, who is venerated for taking down a crime family in the prime of his career. Unfortunately, he’s playing a game of snakes & ladders while everyone else around him is playing 3D chess. He walks in to the Vitale’s bar with no game plan, just grit and determination and bluster. When Enzo pops out to buy him a drink, it’s all systems go and Tex will gladly give his body over in order to get close to the man. It isn’t until his own safe haven is breached that he begins to understand how dangerous the situation he’s gotten himself into might be.
TECHNICAL / PRODUCTION: 3.25 / 5⭐
I want to be clear upfront: I did not hate this story, but I was extremely baffled by a lot of the choices made about Tex’s character and his motivations. When I take a step back, he is a suitable and complex enough main character, but he is such a departure from what I was expecting in a story featuring a cop/mobster romance that for a while, I couldn’t accept that he wasn’t poorly written. From this book’s premise, I anticipated a battle of wits, two characters evenly matched, alternating between being one step ahead of each other; but this story really is about a silly little guy throwing himself blindly into a situation that he cannot grasp the breadth of and floundering around while things progress.
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Trafficking, and Abandonment
narliee'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
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
leakoop's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Police brutality, Stalking, and Murder
poetrypup's review against another edition
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol