Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro

41 reviews

charlotte2609's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality

1quillb's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racism, and Police brutality

discworldwitch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Ableism, Police brutality, Gun violence, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, and Child death

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Car accident

marsonmars's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Vomit, Violence, Racism, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, and Grief

nervousyoungman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Gun violence

Moderate: Deadnaming, Ableism, Transphobia, Mental illness, Blood, and Gore

Minor: Vomit, Confinement, Body shaming, Acephobia/Arophobia, Biphobia, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Cursing, and Car accident

dobbsthedog's review against another edition

5.0

I don’t know what to say about this book… it made me happy, it made me sad, it made me angry.  It was hard to read, but also important.  It just covered SO much!  Queer love and loss, police brutality, mental health, white saviours, there was just so much packed into this book.  Also, so much diversity and so well written.
Definitely looking forward to reading more from Mark Oshiro.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality

nipsnpiss's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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: Police brutality, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism

megplant's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Ableism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Biphobia, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

sweetpeauwu's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

It took me a long time to get to this book, but I'm so glad I finally did. This is such a powerful book, with a lot of great, diverse representation. It's not an easy read, especially since this was published three years ago and so many of the issues are still prevalent. Anger Is a Gift is definitely a must-read for anyone who likes activist fiction in YA, especially activist fiction that feels incredibly realistic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, and Racism

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Cursing