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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: Rape, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Racism, Racial slurs, and Violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Gun violence, and Hate crime
pratha's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Violence, Rape, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, and Torture
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, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Racism, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Violence, and Death
jonathan14'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: Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Animal death, Classism, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Infertility, Torture, Xenophobia, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Slavery, Stalking, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Grief, Antisemitism, Homophobia, and Vomit
Grisham’s treatment of his female characters is deeply misogynistic.schlinkles'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
3.0
Graphic: Rape, Racial slurs, Racism, Alcohol, Gun violence, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Murder
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: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Pedophilia, Murder, and Hate crime
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: Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Medical trauma, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Murder, and Hate crime
Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Grief, Gun violence, and Infertility
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, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Violence, and Hate crime