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Razorblade Tears

S.A. Cosby

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Jun 30, 2021 Natalie [genreneutralreader] rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Thanks so much to the publisher for a free ARC of Razorblade Tears by SA Cosby through Goodreads giveaways and a free copy of the audiobook via NetGalley. I switched back and forth between both. (The audio narration was good, but the voice that the narrator did for Buddy Lee was hysterical in my opinion.)

So I read Blacktop Highway last summer and it shot to one of the top reads for me of 2020. SA Cosby has convinced me with Razorblade Tears that he is nearly perfect at presenting characters in s Thanks so much to the publisher for a free ARC of Razorblade Tears by SA Cosby through Goodreads giveaways and a free copy of the audiobook via NetGalley. I switched back and forth between both. (The audio narration was good, but the voice that the narrator did for Buddy Lee was hysterical in my opinion.)

So I read Blacktop Highway last summer and it shot to one of the top reads for me of 2020. SA Cosby has convinced me with Razorblade Tears that he is nearly perfect at presenting characters in such a way that anyone who has any empathy in their soul can relate with. In Razorblade Tears, he took four three distinct character types and made me relate and feel strongly for each one. I wanted to learn more. I felt I understood these types more. And I wanted to revisit how I think and react to those types of characters in real life.

The best part about SA Cosby is he is writing really profound, eye-opening, soul-scorching stories all amid a gritty, action-packed, revenge-thriller that would satisfy readers who DON'T read for anything other than entertainment. You never feel lectured to with his books. I just find myself nodding my head, laughing, crying, and relating throughout. And more importantly, I want to talk about the book, the themes, the characters, the events. They feel so real! I want to help the characters. I root for them. I root against the bad guys. I root for the ex-criminal-turned-law-abiding-citizen to keep his goodness even though he clearly has tapped back into the side of himself that has little value for human life....at least for those who have hurt his family. I also loved the odd couple relationship between Ike and Buddy Lee, two fathers who lost their sons to violence, determined to avenge their murders in the hopes of righting some of the wrongs they did to their sons by denying their love to their sons because of their sons' sexuality.

Razorblade Tears is a good thriller. It s a great book for having readers better know about people who have lives they don't normally interact with. I have given both SA Cosby's books I read 5 stars and cannot WAIT to read more from him. ...more

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Feb 02, 2022 Nanci rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction, mystery, thriller, uno-2022

This book is a little tricky to rate. If you like violence and don't mind tons of profanity, then most likely you will enjoy this read immensely. I don't like either one of those, but in spite of that the writing was still very good. The violence was over the top Hollywood, "Oh come on, that just isn't realistic"kind of fight scenes. Again, that isn't going to warrant 5 stars from me.

The saving grace was the actual storyline and the development of the two main characters. Also, it read like li ...more

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