Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

39 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

littlelisa006's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.5

amazing message, great plot.  A fair amount of gore so be careful who you recommend it to

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

kgoody813's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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: Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

jpratt's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

lapuce1006's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

3littlewordz's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Kidnapping

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

stephhamp's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This was a great introduction to SA Crosby. I will be reading more of his books. This book has an addictive quality in all great mystery/thriller books. I flew through this in about 3 days which is quick for me while working. The story of revenge, and character development was realistic and very human. These two characters are admittedly bigots, and in a lot of ways are still bigots and homophobic at the end of the book. they still don't fully understand or accept the LGBTQ community, but they miss their sons, and wish they could have changed, or just learned to not care before their deaths. 
My grievance with the book was the (my grievance only) this need for Ike to have to explain to Buddy, why being black in America is difficult. It's hard to read this tired trope of bigoted or racist white people, having to meet a "good" black person to begin to break down their racism. They have to have a common enemy with black people to even begin and explore the idea of working together or reaching out. Buddy needed a person to help him solve this mystery. If he didn't need Ike he wouldn't in a million years be in this partnership with a black man. But this is a reality for so many people, relationships, families, and circumstances. And Ike is not by any means perfect. They're both men who did horrible things and made horrible choices in life and parenting. They've both killed people

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Blood, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Vomit, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

horizonous's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gore, Transphobia, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Car accident, and Death of parent

taniasbookdiary's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Transphobia, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Deadnaming