Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson

16 reviews

rinku's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Classism, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Police brutality, Child death, and Abandonment

Minor: Cultural appropriation and Homophobia

ruminant's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, and Police brutality

atamano's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child death, Racism, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Grief, Police brutality, Infidelity, and Classism

Minor: Alcohol

serendipitysbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

 If You Come Softly is a YA novel. It features a sweet interracial romance between Ellie and Miah. Both have interesting issues they are dealing with. She has a mother who left the family on more than one occasion, while he’s dealing with having famous parents. As the story opens we know they are no longer together and the bulk of the book is the cute story of their romance, although they do encounter some issues due to her being white (and Jewish) and him being Black. But then. But then there is a single line of ominous foreshadowing and it is clear this book is not going to give them a second chance or a happy ending. I imagine it made quite the splash and was rather groundbreaking when it was first published nearly 25 years ago. What’s sad is that it it still so relevant today. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Police brutality, and Racism

iuvmoonie's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Hate crime, Gun violence, Police brutality, and Death

louise010's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Police brutality, and Death

leastsquares's review

emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Death

Moderate: Gun violence and Police brutality

jourdanicus's review against another edition

reflective sad 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? No

:'(

Sweet and sad.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Police brutality

highmarshal_azure's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Police brutality, Racism, and Abandonment

drraytay's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Racism

Moderate: Abandonment and Police brutality