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kristadee16's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
lynnf's review against another edition
4.0
I read this book after hearing an interview on NPR. Well written, edgy and kept my interest. It was a bit brutal/violent in places, but I enjoyed it overall. Takes place in Johannesburg by a local writer, interesting perspective on that part of the world.
jasminenoack's review against another edition
4.0
So Jassy mackenzie was born in rhodesia, after some google turns out rhodesia was never a recognized country and is now called zimbabwe so that explains that.
I haven't read a lot this week cause I've been reading the hobbit, and reading the hobbit and reading the hobbit... do you understand the point. the hobbit has stalled all of my reading because the hobbit is not good. I know I know tolkien is a genius and it's a classic. everytime I read it I read three pages and want o throw it across the room and I end up making an agreement with myself if I just finish the chapter I don't have to read it anymore till tomorrow, and therefore I will never ever finish it.
so finally I got sick of hating books and I started this which I'd been carrying around to read after I finished the hobbit. It was great it reminded me of the book [b:City of Walls: Crime, Segregation, and Citizenship in São Paulo|1103219|City of Walls Crime, Segregation, and Citizenship in São Paulo|Teresa P.R. Caldeira|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181009199s/1103219.jpg|1090140]. and I mean. the crime well not so much a who-dun-it since they tell you who-dun-it halfway through, but a really really nice unfolding.
after finishing it I immediately bought the next one, I will finish that before I finish he hobbit too.
I haven't read a lot this week cause I've been reading the hobbit, and reading the hobbit and reading the hobbit... do you understand the point. the hobbit has stalled all of my reading because the hobbit is not good. I know I know tolkien is a genius and it's a classic. everytime I read it I read three pages and want o throw it across the room and I end up making an agreement with myself if I just finish the chapter I don't have to read it anymore till tomorrow, and therefore I will never ever finish it.
so finally I got sick of hating books and I started this which I'd been carrying around to read after I finished the hobbit. It was great it reminded me of the book [b:City of Walls: Crime, Segregation, and Citizenship in São Paulo|1103219|City of Walls Crime, Segregation, and Citizenship in São Paulo|Teresa P.R. Caldeira|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181009199s/1103219.jpg|1090140]. and I mean
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any female protaganist who kicks the asses of multiple rapists I'm on board withafter finishing it I immediately bought the next one, I will finish that before I finish he hobbit too.
kikiandarrowsfishshelf's review against another edition
1.0
Not feeling anything for the characters.
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