Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle

74 reviews

jnehilla's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality and Violence

juliatindell's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely incredible. A must-read for fans of horror and/or Lovecraft, and for anyone else willing to face police brutality as the monster it is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Murder, and Violence

qarina's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, and Gun violence

caidyn's review

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.0

Eh. It was alright. A lot going on, but it felt almost too much for the shortness of the story. Just didn't get into it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Police brutality

gardens_and_dragons's review

tense fast-paced

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

3.0

It was interesting, but I don’t know much about Lovecraft’s stories that this is based on, so I don’t think I got as much out of it as I could have. I think having the switching POVs hurt the narrative a bit. I’d have like to stick only with Tom, versus also the cop, Malone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, and Racial slurs

anjalirenee's review

dark mysterious tense 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

4.75

so we have cthulhu to blame for climate change.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality and Racism

pizzaisjesus98's review

dark mysterious sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, and Hate crime

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Xenophobia, Classism, Death of parent, Grief, and Gun violence

Minor: Stalking, Slavery, Confinement, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Sexual assault, and Deportation

walrus420's review

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, Murder, Death of parent, Violence, Death, and Gun violence

book_cave_ghost_girl's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

A beyond-fiery indictment of everyday and institutional racism and how it pushes ordinary people to extremes, like a bucket of ice water on your face

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Death of parent, Blood, Death, Gun violence, and Police brutality

coolfijiwater's review

dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Police brutality

Moderate: Blood, Violence, and Death of parent