Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles

15 reviews

mandi4886's review

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Sexism, Violence, Death, Physical abuse, Antisemitism, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and War

frenandjen's review

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Xenophobia, Child abuse, War, Antisemitism, Death, Deportation, Genocide, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Police brutality, Colonisation, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol and Sexual content

ruffian23's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism, Grief, War, Violence, Deportation, Genocide, Hate crime, Police brutality, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, and Xenophobia

elisabethshanahan's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, War, Antisemitism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

passionatereader78's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Refreshing historical point of view of WWII. I've read many other historical fiction books based on events during WWII.  It was nice to reading from a Librarian's point of view. Great writing!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Deportation, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, and Gun violence

Moderate: Torture, Police brutality, and Child death

zeldamazzy's review

challenging emotional reflective sad 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: Police brutality, Death, Gun violence, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Infidelity and Suicidal thoughts

greenfox's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

At first a cozy way to enter one of the hardest times in our world, which leads to a more comfortable way to face the harsh realities of the period. The mirrored story in the 1980s provides some more current context, but often leaves the reader simply wanting to return to the War. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, War, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Classism, Hate crime, Deportation, Genocide, and Death

ginadapooh's review

emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Cancer, Sexual assault, Rape, Police brutality, Bullying, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Antisemitism, Grief, War, and Toxic friendship

tojtwl's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I really love historical fiction, and I love the setting of this book, especially when you go down Odile's timeline. I just found it bothersome that, it switched around many viewpoints. I mean, I get switching between Odile's and Lily's. That's necessary for the story to happen. But then you have some of the characters who only appear once, or the story gets told from their perspective only once, can throw the read off a little bit. Still, it's a good book and one I recommend especially for historical fiction lovers.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Police brutality

christyreads83's review

emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and War

Minor: Infidelity and Police brutality