Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft

1 review

cinhein's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

TW: Human Trafficking, Attempted SA, References to SA, Abduction

I can't really recommend this book as it was a slog to get through. If you do enjoy a main character who is too dumb or scared to do anything about the situation that they're in for four-hundred pages, this book is right up your alley. Otherwise, I'd steer clear.

If the things mentioned in the Content Warning section don't put you off, you'll probably be fine with this. It gets going in the middle and picks up the pace somewhat. However, every time it does so, it quickly brings everything to a screeching stop once again with detailed descriptions of human trafficking and slavery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Slavery

Moderate: Grief, Police brutality, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

Brief description of an attempted sexual assault on Edith, a minor character introduced in the Parlour. Multiple scenes of Police Brutality concentrated in the Baths section of the book; this includes multiple characters being forced into slavery, and a public execution. Two explicit descriptions of the trafficking of one character, also in the Baths.