laurataylor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Police brutality, Blood, Drug use, Gun violence, Racism, Sexual content, Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Grief, and Murder
garynoplastie's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Death, Grief, Police brutality, and Racism
Moderate: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Minor: Animal death, Gun violence, and Sexual content
vasha's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I'm only referring to the narration, because most of the dialogue is impoverished on purpose, the protagonist being reduced to few words or silence at important moments. The girlfriend's verbal skills are something for the protagonist to aspire to. She lyrically describes what dancing is like for her: "I’m making space and I’m dancing into the space. I’m like, dancing into the space the drums leave, you know, between the kick and the snare and the hat, where that silence lies, that huge silence, those moments and spaces the drums are asking you to fill." The protagonist answers less inventively by inviting her to a club where he says there's "an energy that's very freeing, a bunch of black people being themselves."
Graphic: Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Grief, and Gun violence
Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Death of parent
Minor: Animal death, Cultural appropriation, and Terminal illness
sib_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Grief, Gun violence, Police brutality, Violence, Death, and Racism
Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Animal cruelty, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Mental illness, Alcohol, Blood, and Sexual content
horizonous's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Police brutality, Mental illness, and Racism
Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Animal death
Minor: Death
◦ Death (Minor): Grandparent◦ Death (Moderate): Friend
◦ Mental Illness (Graphic): Depression
◦ Mental Illness (Moderate): Anxiety