Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

10 reviews

paperbacks_n_frybread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Torture, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Grief, Animal death, Violence, and Racial slurs

triley's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Death, Gun violence, Child death, Racism, Colonisation, and Trafficking

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Police brutality

Minor: Cannibalism, Car accident, Death of parent, Sexual violence, and Animal death

octopus_farmer's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Very good very hopeful in its way - realistic darkness shot through with light.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality

Minor: Rape

hyggeandtea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Genocide, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Colonisation, Grief, Gun violence, Racism, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Sexual content

Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Gore, and Torture

nnia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Outing, War, and Colonisation

Moderate: Colonisation, Rape, Abandonment, Mental illness, Stalking, and Police brutality

sybilljynx's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Police brutality, Child death, Genocide, Racism, and Colonisation

shieldbearer's review

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? It's complicated

5.0

Really damn good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Death, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Colonisation, Genocide, and Grief

Moderate: Abandonment, Child death, Child abuse, Vomit, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Gun violence

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

offbrandclubsoda's review

adventurous challenging emotional 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

5.0

I absolutely loved this book! It is beautifully written and kept me engaged the whole time. The world-building and story telling is excellent. Cannot recommend enough!

Spice level: 🌶.5/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Genocide, Grief, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Torture

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicide, and Vomit

Content warning: Residential Schools

gdobson's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Genocide, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Trafficking, Violence, and Hate crime

Minor: Torture, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault

annalisaely's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I really enjoyed going along with the characters as they fought and ran and hid for their survival. The wold building was upsettingly believable. I really enjoyed the main character most of the time, except when he was a sexist possessive ass near the end and was then forgiven for it without actually apologizing. I liked several of the other characters a lot, especially Rose and Minerva. Though, it was really frustrating when the characters kept going to sleep without leaving someone up to watch, like happens in 3/4 of all fantasy novels where the characters are camping whilst hiding from baddies, and repeatedly kept waking up at gunpoint, and never learned maybe they shouldn't all sleep at the same time.
I listened to the audiobook and the narrator was really excellent. The amount of description vs. action was very immersive. Expectedly, there is a lot of sadness in this story, which isn't my cup of tea, but I think it made a lot of sense and was handled well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Medical content, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts