Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter

5 reviews

martinkid45419's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Drug use, Body horror, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Child abuse, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Car accident

Minor: Suicide, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Racism, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Religious bigotry, and Homophobia

morethanmylupus's review

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This was such a fun read. It's not a netflix show, but you'd never know it from reading the book. It reads just like a netflix true crime show. The book uses mixed media to tell the story and we get to know the characters, what happened then, what's happening behind the scenes between episodes with the cast, and what people are saying about the show after each episode. If you like [author:Janice Hallett|20523461]'s books, you'll probably enjoy this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Police brutality, and Racism

markedwithanm's review

dark mysterious fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Violence, Dementia, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicide, Racism, Police brutality, Adult/minor relationship, and Infidelity

hmetwade's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Chronic illness, Dementia, Gore, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Car accident, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, and Violence

olivander's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad 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

4.25

An unusual formatting makes this a much more exciting read - I enjoyed trying to figure it out with the group, but I do admit it can be difficult to keep track of all the different threads without a notebook on hand

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Child abuse, and Police brutality