A review by poetsofsweetpea
Cop Town by Karin Slaughter

dark tense fast-paced

• 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

4.25

COPTOWN is a plot forward thriller novel.  It's about cops, but it's not copaganda.  The characters in this book are awful.  I suppose it's hard to expect more from them in 1974.  The book is loaded with racism and sexism.  It's full of violence and hate crimes.  

The pacing was great and pulled me through the story.  I burned through it.

I liked it, but it had some real tough moments.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Abortion