Many writers don't like what they write being labelled genre fiction because it implies a narrow range of interest. Others welcome it. I'm not sure if [a:S.A. Cosby|20464985|S.A. Cosby|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1593596506p2/20464985.jpg] considers [b:Razorblade Tears|54860585|Razorblade Tears|S.A. Cosby|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1636739235l/54860585.SY75.jpg|85600094] as genre fiction, but it is, in the crime genre.
 Being called genre fiction can shield writers from criticism because the quality of the writing doesn't have to be as high, but Razorblade Tears is so badly written that I don't see how it could be.
 You know how you come across a buddy-cop movie on a streaming menu and the movie is so much like many others that you don't know if you've seen it or not? That's what this is like, and a redneck. Two dads whose sons were murdered execution style seek to find the killers and avenge their deaths. There's a motorcycle gang doing evil, heartless things, and they're funded for some of those things by a rich powerful man, a Doctor Evil type.
 I was surprised how indifferently edited and copyedited it was. Cliches abound, and not only in dialogue, where they are forgivable.
 Call me a bad person for saying this, but I think the only reason it got published is that much in it pushes currently popular social buttons: The author is Black, and so is one of the two men—both ex-cons with hearts of gold—and one of the sons. The other is white. The sons are gay and married and have a mixed-race child, a girl. A prominent character is trans.
 A lot of the dialogue sounds inauthentic and I suspect Cosby has watched The Wire several times.