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A review by batrock
All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
4.0
S.A. Cosby returns, this time with a protagonist who has always been on the right side of the law. All The Sinners Bleed is Cosby's fourth novel, and is less omnisciently structured than Razorblade Tears.
Titus Crown is a strong lead character in a book populated by terrible people and very few allies, culminating in the sort of bombastic climax that you used to get in the nineties. Cosby's never dipped into the same setting twice, so we might not see him again, but he'd be welcome back anyway.
Razorblade Tears remains the watermark in this reader's experience, but All The Sinners Bleed has that Southern Gothic fucked-upness that so many crave. Anyone after that will be richly rewarded.
Titus Crown is a strong lead character in a book populated by terrible people and very few allies, culminating in the sort of bombastic climax that you used to get in the nineties. Cosby's never dipped into the same setting twice, so we might not see him again, but he'd be welcome back anyway.
Razorblade Tears remains the watermark in this reader's experience, but All The Sinners Bleed has that Southern Gothic fucked-upness that so many crave. Anyone after that will be richly rewarded.