Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Assembly by Natasha Brown

2 reviews

fiaharringbook's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Colonisation, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Cancer, Colonisation, Sexual harassment, and Racism

Minor: Racial slurs, Alcohol, Deportation, Slavery, Genocide, Racism, and Police brutality

shewantsthediction's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I've waited months for this one but it was disappointing. Highlighted a bunch of quotes about racism, but this felt more like a vehicle for delivering the quotes than a full-fledged story. (Plus, although beautifully phrased, any racialized individual will be overly familiar with these realities already and she's not really bringing anything new to the table.)

The characters felt like vague sketches, to the point I thought some of them (like her sister) were a metaphor. And the

cancer

felt like a cliche. So much of this was just corny and clumsily done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Colonisation, Mental illness, Police brutality, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts