Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

The City & the City by China Miéville

7 reviews

fermentedsorcerer's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

5.0

Incredibly elegant and exciting plot with a mystery that makes it hard to put down. There’s nothing else like this book, it’s perfect. Easily in my top 10.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Murder, Gun violence, and Deportation

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Alcohol

hfrancesh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Xenophobia

Moderate: Violence and Police brutality

hauban's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Death

Moderate: Car accident, Xenophobia, Murder, and Police brutality

Minor: Antisemitism and Racism

sapphicbookdragon's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.75

This is a somewhat-good book which I deeply disliked. It's about power and control over people in a very bizarre Orwellian way: just call "Breach" a "Big Brother [Is] Watching You." (I started rooting for the unificationists and "breaching" foreigners and locals.) It's well-written, but the main themes are depressing. Without spoiling the ending with specifics, I will say the ending is unsatisfying and frustrating (to me, personally). There's little to no character development, and the protagonist stays in his box. Seeing and "unseeing" are large-scale brainwashing upon the population(s) and any visitors (who must complete "trainings" before being allowed entry to either city-state). I couldn't believe the level of acceptance and adherence to their rules or understand why it all matters, other than to control and isolate people - and, possibly, to get away with murder.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Police brutality, Car accident, Murder, Gun violence, and Xenophobia

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Confinement, Cursing, Violence, Deportation, and Gun violence

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Car accident, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, War, Mass/school shootings, Blood, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, and Drug use

runefactories's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Police brutality

Moderate: Murder, Xenophobia, and Racism

Minor: War and Antisemitism

memories's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, Police brutality, and Misogyny