Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus

18 reviews

snowhitereads's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

 

I read The Stars and the Blackness between them for this month’s #SapphicStoriesBookclub and… WOW!

This was so much more than what I thought it was going to be.

I went into this expecting a sweet contemporary romance, what I got was everything I didn’t know I needed.

It’s a celebration of love, life and of culture and queerness and black girl magic. 

It’s heartbreaking but uplifting, and so full of emotion. 

 

I loved that it isn’t a coming out story or a relationship exclusive storyline.

This book is truly an all around experience.  

The writing is one of the most beautiful I have encountered in a long time, it’s so artful and poetic that it literally brought me to tears. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Chronic illness, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

eternalparadox's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Medical content

Minor: Homophobia and Police brutality

bencaroline's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Racism, and Homophobia

Moderate: Ableism, Sexual content, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Cancer, Violence, and Confinement

Minor: Body shaming, Xenophobia, Transphobia, Vomit, Slavery, and Child death

jojo_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Terminal illness, and Cancer

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Child death

Minor: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Police brutality, and Medical content

invaderlinz's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, and Child death

Moderate: Slavery and Sexual content

Minor: Addiction, Racism, Police brutality, and Grief

hanathemah's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Homophobia

Minor: Police brutality, Racism, Religious bigotry, Slavery, and Transphobia

daydreamermoonwalker's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Very well written, the romance is beautiful and I loved learning about other cultures. 
 It's really sad which isn't my favorite thing in a book, (why it's 4 stars and not 5) but if you like that sort of thing I highly recommend it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Terminal illness

Minor: Police brutality and Racism

otherworlds's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

a beautiful story that evoked such deep emotions in me and absolutely blew me away. i CANNOT recommend it enough!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Violence, and Police brutality

Minor: Slavery