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samgancz's review against another edition
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Suicide, and Kidnapping
fkshg8465's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Just once I wish one of the author’s legal stories were a little less predictable in verdict. That said, there are a lot of moral questions that we can grapple with to keep our interest, including suicide versus agency, real memories versus suggested memories, did he or didn’t he, what makes a good parent, when does cultural appropriation bleed into cultural exploration, where does intent batter in law, and so much more. And that’s my problem with this book - there is just too much going on, including feminism, indigenous history and the modern state they are forced to live in now, child abuse, alcoholism, pedophilia, cancer, miscarriage, betrayal, advisor parenting , infidelity, kidnapping, identity, drug manufacturing, distribution and abuse, prison culture, gang culture, White supremacy, etc. Pick a trigger, and it’s in here. It was too much thrown into one book. She needed a better editor to tell her so too. What put me over the edge was the near ridiculous transformation of one of the characters into a jailhouse Walter White. That really was too much, because it was so unrealistic and a huge deviation from the character’s development.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail