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A review by nicovreeland
Barbed Wire Heart by Tess Sharpe
2.0
Dnf at 30%
This has some moments, and the general premise—a lawless young woman who protects abused women— is pretty righteous.
Unfortunately it does a thing that a lot of this kind of book does, where this woman and most of her close friends and family are GOOD PEOPLE, which means they try not to kill, they get sick when they see violence, etc. These people, in addition to protecting abused women, also run an enormous meth operation. They are definitively bad people, so the squeamishness they show when they have to do bad things comes off oddly.
Doing the criminal with a heart of gold trope is a delicate balancing act, and I think this iteration tips over too much toward the heart of gold and forgets the fact that the MC is a criminal
This has some moments, and the general premise—a lawless young woman who protects abused women— is pretty righteous.
Unfortunately it does a thing that a lot of this kind of book does, where this woman and most of her close friends and family are GOOD PEOPLE, which means they try not to kill, they get sick when they see violence, etc. These people, in addition to protecting abused women, also run an enormous meth operation. They are definitively bad people, so the squeamishness they show when they have to do bad things comes off oddly.
Doing the criminal with a heart of gold trope is a delicate balancing act, and I think this iteration tips over too much toward the heart of gold and forgets the fact that the MC is a criminal