Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon

16 reviews

glenfleskie's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.0

This book had more potential than it had anything else. Cool ideas, okay execution. 

Spoiler for end-is of book

I hate hate hate it when the main character 19 year old girl falls in love with her 200 year old 'master'. Talk about a power imbalance. c'mon, there are humans right there if you want a love interest

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also minor quibble: it's Éirinn go Brách or Erin go Bragh, not Erie go brah. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Xenophobia, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Police brutality and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug use

eleanora's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Blood, Confinement, Death, Police brutality, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Murder

cleo_wylde's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Kidnapping, Police brutality, and Slavery

Moderate: Sexual content

nexelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• 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: Blood, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Slavery, Trafficking, and Vomit

vendottie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, and Slavery

Moderate: Kidnapping, Police brutality, and Trafficking

Power imbalance in relationship based on position of protagonist and her love interest, emotional abuse done by love interest through nonconsensual mind-reading, essentially... though other than this, the love interest does avoid abusing their position within the relationship.

lovelanie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Vomit