Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

V for Vendetta by Alan Moore

14 reviews

shivapriya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I feel this graphic novel is one that would benefit you in re-reads to come. The ideas were neatly simple and remarkably complex simultaneously and even as a graphic novel, it's dense content and I may or may not have survived a full fledged novel with the same themes. And yet, it's the visuals that likely do make it a profoundly visceral experience in this case in tandem with the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Xenophobia, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

nefariousbee's review

challenging dark hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Confinement, Gun violence, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Religious bigotry, Torture, Sexual assault, and Sexism

readwithchar's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Blood, Gun violence, Violence, Death, Police brutality, and Sexism

minapaige's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Police brutality, and Violence

Minor: Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, Antisemitism, Xenophobia, Misogyny, and Pedophilia

One of the main characters,

Evey,

is a minor who is repeatedly sexualised and even has a sexual relationship with an adult man. The government is a white supremacist fascist group that is described to have imprisoned and killed many people from marginalised communities, notably black, gay, and jewish people.