Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Infinite Country by Patricia Engel

9 reviews

siebensommer's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

A nation at war with itself, yet people still spoke of it as some kind of paradise. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Deportation

Moderate: War, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Violence, and Racism

jaynovara's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Violence, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction and Police brutality

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Police brutality, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

trailmixraisins's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Again, not a huge crier, but this one was a tear jerker. The story of one family's immigration to the States and trying to create a life for themselves will resonate to some degree with any member of a diasporic and immigrant family seeking something better (or just different) in another country.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Grief, Death of parent, and Dementia

Minor: Sexual assault, Police brutality, Misogyny, Bullying, and Abandonment

lorinew1's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Xenophobia, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, and Police brutality

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Grief, Forced institutionalization, and Death of parent

birdbrainbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad 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? Yes

4.0

Well I did not expect to cry my way through the entire last quarter of this book! What a powerful story. The first pages hooked me immediately; after that, the meandering nature of switching narrators and timeframes started to frustrate me a bit; and then it all just suddenly gelled and really packed an emotional punch. I fell in love with our protagonist Talia from page one, and later on with both of her parents as well (what a beautifully imperfect love story). Some elements of hard choices and family separations hit sensitive personal notes. Highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Grief, Death, Death of parent, and Confinement

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, and Police brutality

laurenmcnamara's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racism, Rape, and Suicide

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, and Violence

Minor: Grief, Medical trauma, and Police brutality

deezy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death of parent, Hate crime, and Police brutality

planreadrepeat's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Racism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Bullying