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Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

21 reviews

tey_lynn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

It was a little predictable but it was still a fun ride nonetheless 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

laughingrevolution's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Police brutality, and Religious bigotry

mariahw00ds's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Hate crime

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Deadnaming

emilygcotter's review against another edition

I couldn’t keep reading this. I am just not sympathetic to two fathers only caring about their gay sons after they’re dead. I hate this kind of thing, we have enough stories about LGBTQ+ people dying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Torture, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Alcohol

greatestheights's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

For me, a little bit of a slow start, but once it got into it, I was in it. There were a lot of sad moments, and the ending was pretty fulfilling for me. Would def be open to reading more from this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

brandilovesbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

Razorblade Tears is the story of two polar opposites with two things in common- they are both ex-cons and they both lost their sons to a hate crime.  The men set out to discover who killed their sons.  

I almost quit about a third of the way into the book.  I found the book to be very violent.  I am not the targeted audience.  I continued reading because it was a book club book.  I am glad I did.

The characters are very well developed.  Even if you didn't agree with their choices, you found  yourself caring for Ike and Buddy Lee.  I cried at the end.

S.A. Crosby has a beautiful way with words.  He is able to create vivid images to go with his words.    The name of the book comes from a description of Ike's tears after his son's funeral.

The genius of this book is that it has a very specific, very important, message that is probably uncomfortable for the targeted audience.   There are many guys just like Buddy Lee and Ike who are going to pick up this book for the vigilante justice and the war with a biker gang.  They are going to read it and they are going to hear that message over and over, starting out subtly but getting more direct by the end.

I wasn't a fan of the almost omnipotent point of view that happened during fight scenes.  Although there were multiple points of view throughout the book,  they were separated by scenes.  During the fight scenes I was overwhelmed by knowing what too many characters were thinking and feeling.  (Could be that I'm not the targeted audience.)

I recommend this book to people who like to read about vigilante justice and biker gangs.  Sons of Anarchy fans should pick this up.

My content warnings-
Violence 
Murder
Kidnapping
Torture
Racial slurs
LGBTQ slurs
Dead naming 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

fossilizedtreesaps's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

middleagedbookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• 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

Loved this book. Made me cry like a baby. So much beauty amongst such violence and hard truths. S.A. Cosby is a gifted writer, and his humor definitely shines through in this story. Overall, just a great book with lots of thought provoking & heart wrenching content! Also, I didn’t know there was so much (very descriptive) violence throughout, so just be prepared 😉

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sabsboutin's review

dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Deadnaming, Death, Homophobia, Blood, Car accident, and Alcohol