Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon

28 reviews

kstrammel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Colonisation, Deadnaming, Vomit, Terminal illness, Confinement, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Child abuse, and Transphobia

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Police brutality

eeriekeri's review against another edition

adventurous fast-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: Fire/Fire injury and Child abuse

Moderate: Colonisation, Classism, Hate crime, Police brutality, and Sexual content

Minor: Blood, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Genocide, Murder, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Violence, and Vomit

the_vegan_bookworm's review

adventurous inspiring fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

What an incredible and beautiful story focusing on a complex and layered main character. I love the world building, the language and the characters 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Deadnaming, Violence, Child abuse, and Transphobia

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Drug use, and Sexual content

Minor: Police brutality, Infertility, and Genocide

thewildmageslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny

5.0

This was such a fun book. Wyatt is so dramatic and probably needs a life coach to help with decision making, but I love him. Emyr was a great surprise and idk, he can be my king any day. I love how supportive the main group in this is. Also, the ending - RUDE. Off to buy the sequel. XD

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Colonisation, Racism, Grief, Blood, Dysphoria, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug use, Sexual content, and Infertility

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Bullying

Moderate: Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Deadnaming, Cursing, Drug use, Infertility, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child abuse, Xenophobia, Genocide, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Blood, Grief, Miscarriage, and War

bingo_banjo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring mysterious relaxing 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Body horror, Police brutality, Colonisation, Death, Drug use, Murder, Toxic relationship, Deadnaming, Vomit, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness

whatthefridge's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

It took a little while for me to get into the worldbuilding. The Fae stuff didn't include things I'm used to and the Witch stuff didn't do what I thought it would (I thought it'd be like witches can only be women but aHa trans witch), but in the end I got on board with it.

The relationship Wyatt has with Briar is queerplatonic, which should be a big yay from me, but most of the time it felt like Briar was Wyatt's crutch. I'm glad the story addresses this, but it's still a bit tedious to go through.

I like the chemistry between Wyatt and Emyr. Part of me wishes Emyr had a bit more personality to him because there's not enough show of why he and Wyatt are compatible with their personalities.

There's also the ending that bugged me. There's an entire moustache-twirling villain monologue style thing where the grand plan has to be verbally spelled out to everyone in the room, which conveniently includes *everyone* important in that room.

But, like, I adore Wyatt as a character, and he did a great job carrying the story without making it drag.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Police brutality, and Child abuse

Moderate: Transphobia, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Deadnaming and Sexual assault

fleurofthecourt's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Police brutality

asworlds's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense 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

3.25

So, I had high expectations that were not met unfortunately. There's a lot to say, but I dont want to take up your time. Some plot holes, some bad character development. If you're okay with tumblr shitpost style writing, then try it out!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Child abuse

mollivz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Police brutality, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

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