Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

The Bell in the Fog by Lev AC Rosen

15 reviews

growintogardens's review

dark mysterious 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

4.5

Better than the first and the mc is growing on me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Murder, Lesbophobia, Violence, Sexual content, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Death, Alcohol, Outing, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Medical content, War, Racism, and Grief

vagaybond's review against another edition

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

at first I was like "eugh this will be copaganda won't it" AND THEN IT WAS REVERSE COPAGANDA!!!!!! 🎉🥳🎇🎊 like the protagonist's backstory is overcoming his past as a cop and the bad rep that cops have in the queer community and the guilt he feels about having been one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Violence, Alcohol, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Murder, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

thatchickengirl23's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Homophobia

Moderate: Murder, Lesbophobia, Police brutality, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, War, Sexual content, and Violence

purplepenning's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Such a great balance of classic gumshoe mystery, well-researched midcentury history, and skillful character development. Detective Andy Mills is finding his way, his community, and his calling — and I'm finding an arc of book 3 because these are some of the most satisfying mysteries I've read in a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Racism, Alcohol, Death, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Violence, Hate crime, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, and Transphobia

Minor: Sexual content

blackmail, threat of outing via explicit photos

mrshays's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Misogyny, Racism, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, Outing, Toxic friendship, Transphobia, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Murder, Sexual content, Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexism, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, and Sexual assault

caidyn's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.0

I enjoyed how this delved into Evader's past. I liked to see that, plus his growing self-acceptance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Outing, and Homophobia

Moderate: Police brutality

eggboy397's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Police brutality, Murder, Violence, and Outing

purrson's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Toxic friendship

Minor: Murder, Police brutality, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol

iridescentdreams's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Homophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Violence, Torture, Murder, and Death

Minor: Racism

kharlan3's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

Top misc (mystery) of 2023

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Police brutality, and Outing