Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

The Notebook by Ágota Kristóf

3 reviews

maijavalimaki's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Sexual assault, Death, Death of parent, Police brutality, Gun violence, Violence, Child abuse, Rape, and War

mispaintedlady's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

A critical analysis of war, hate and anti semitism told through the lens of twin boys who became products of survival and war. Intensely graphic , many parts were hard to read but this is an important book to finish. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Violence, Suicide, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Torture, Murder, Grief, Antisemitism, Animal death, War, Rape, Police brutality, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death, Gore, Genocide, and Fire/Fire injury

felixelagabiere's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and War