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sharkfan'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
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Outing, and Alcohol
Minor: Homophobia, Self harm, Cannibalism, Stalking, Car accident, Abandonment, and War
mochasandmetaphors's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Death and Gun violence
Minor: Animal cruelty, Suicide, and Car accident
laurzj82's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Violence, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction and Alcohol
kirstencholewa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Police brutality, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Self harm, and Fire/Fire injury
sproutlaaar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual assault, Police brutality, and Stalking
lizrushby's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Stalking, and Alcohol
rmesquirrel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Police brutality, and Murder
Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
gracefulraven's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.0
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Rape
khowick24'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? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Suicide, and Police brutality
meeklovestoread'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
4.25
Note this book is told in dual POV, the killer, and Eddie Flynn. When I first saw this book, I thought it was a standalone, but I later found that it was the 4th book in a series but the original poster noted that they read this as a standalone so I proceeded to do the same. And after reading this book, I agree you could read this as a standalone and be fine.
As for the story, honestly, I'm such a sucker for court cases in shows. Law & Order SVU is one of my favorite shows, so it was nice to see all that in book form and so much more. This book definitely made me want to get more into legal thrillers.
This book was crazy! From start to finish a lot of wacky things were happening! And this being my first Eddie Flynn novel, it was really enjoyable to get a look into his character. Him being an ex-con turned lawyer is such a cool form of characterization. As well as gaining more facets about him such as his history with drinking, marital issues, and his push and pull towards crazy legal situation. As well as his relationship with Harry. For this being the fourth book in a series, I feel like the author handled the main character's archetype very well. I really enoyed how this book was written and by the end, I found myself missing Eddie. We really went through a lot with him in this book.
Kane was something else. Now I'm not aware of the validity of all of Kane's mannerisms and psychosis but the way the author wrote it made it very believable. Kane was such a methodical and innately nefarious individual. It was very intriguing to be in his head and read about him and his backstory.
The plot did EAT in this book! The concept was so cool, it would've made a great plot for a show or movie. Of course, the court part of this book doesn't really start till you're halfway through, but the first half was still intriguing, but it was more build-up than anything else which kinda bored me a little bit (but that's on me), but one the court part did come they DELIVERED. It was so fun to read and the original poster was so right, when reading you can most definitely visualize everything that's going on. Again, I really commend the author for bringing this to life and being so descriptive.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. I felt like the ending was a bit lackluster considering the type of individual Kane was made out to be.
After reading this book, and getting a taste of Steve's writing, I just might read more from this and might dive into this series at one point. What a fun and entertaining read!
Note: I highly recommend the audiobook for this one! The narrator did a great job differentiating the voices.
Graphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Mental illness, Stalking, Death of parent, and Outing