Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Incognegro: A Graphic Mystery by Mat Johnson

2 reviews

novella42's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense fast-paced

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

Important justice work, making the era of lynching more visible and visceral than a paragraph in a textbook could do. 

I don't regret reading it. But I don't think I can recommend it with the graphic transphobia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Violence, Body horror, Police brutality, Transphobia, Outing, Blood, Deadnaming, Torture, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, Gun violence, and Gore

Moderate: Transphobia, Vomit, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Sexism, Grief, Slavery, Classism, Infidelity, Ableism, and Fire/Fire injury

theayeaye's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Incognegro is a fast paced and raw mystery adventure that follows a Black journalist undercover as a white man in the Deep South reporting on a lynching. It's an evocative and intense story with twists and turns that keep the narrative gripping throughout.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Transphobia and Misogyny

Graphic depictions of lynching by hanging