Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin

4 reviews

erinvasut's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Death, Forced institutionalization, War, Deportation, Grief, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Child death, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Antisemitism, Genocide, Confinement, and Murder

gemmapz's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad 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? No

5.0

The book title is a bit of a misnomer, but other than that magnificently done! The storytelling is rich the main characters are compelling, and gives a sense of what it was like to be in France and Portugal during the middle to later parts of World War II. The story is not for the faint of heart, but is for everyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Violence, Police brutality, Xenophobia, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Excrement, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Self harm, Genocide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Suicide, Antisemitism, Child abuse, War, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Religious bigotry, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Confinement, Gore, Hate crime, and Deportation

marissa_collier's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Can get a little graphic, especially towards the end. The plot is pretty solid throughout the book, but the last 200 pages are when things get really quick and it is impossible to put down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Police brutality, Antisemitism, War, Death, Suicide, Blood, Genocide, Gore, Grief, and Violence

maconmecrazy's review against another edition

emotional informative 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Torture, and Death

Minor: Suicide, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood