Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

20 reviews

irmalol's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Murder, Police brutality, Slavery, Torture, and War

Moderate: Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

kbairbooks's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This was a DENSE book. It was THIQQUE with world building and just… so fuckin much political anguish. The scenes of torture and abuse and the beheading scene were intense and the corrupt, the betrayal, the pain. It was a whole lot. And the surprise ending was… wow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Minor: Cancer and Child death

readwithde's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.25

Another day, another strong, female YA/NA novel about overthrowing the government. 

I have to say, this might be one of my favorite fictional worlds, and the story happening around and to the MCs is so overwhelmingly amazing. Mare, a simple thief and Red girl ends up having an amazing ability, just like the elite Silvers who rule. Like many female leads, she is thrust into this new world of court, politics, and betrayal, where only power and strength are honored. 

Unlike the other heroines, Mare remains thoroughly different. She doesn't learn courtly intrigue, she doesn't come to understand the Silvers, and she never chooses romance over her family, her friends, and her Red blood. The comfort and protection and specialness never trick her into forgetting the pain and atrocities of her people. Also, she trains a bit, but she is still outmatched by those who have had decades of work; at the end of the book, she is stronger, but not unrecognizable. It's refreshing.

I saw a few of the twists coming, but it didn't run the story for me. The princes Cal and Maven are interesting and consistent, the Scarlet Guard is active as its own entity (aka not waiting around for the MCs), and the Silvers all have their own games and loyalty. 

I loved it, and I'm dying for the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Xenophobia

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Torture, Racism, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Death, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Murder, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and War

ravenclawincabin13's review

adventurous challenging funny mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

It was an amazing book with a lot, A LOT of plot twists and it kept me on my toes don’t know who to love and who to hate.
Really like the plot idea and the premise of the book, some things were a little predictable and cliche but super worth it! Can’t wait to read the rest of the series

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Violence

Minor: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Police brutality, Slavery, and Torture

sofmar917's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

Great book, fast plot and good plot twist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Racism, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, Police brutality, and Genocide

Minor: Death of parent

rawan_m's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, and Police brutality

anielabooks's review

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Minor: Police brutality

mfieldshalva's review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Xenophobia, and Torture

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Slavery

Minor: Police brutality

mortonsspoon's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Gore, Murder, Police brutality, Torture, and Violence

sofiya's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

I was intrigued by the idea of the story and how it would play out, and often found myself not knowing what outcome to root for throughout, which I deem as a positive. However, the book does hold a strong resemblance to other YA dystopian novels I’ve read (Hunger Games, Divergent) and I’m never a fan of first-person in books. 

There were parts I didn’t understand nor like, such as the plan that gets developed near the end. Considering that the characters have known each other for only about a month, they were really quick to rely on an assumption and was already pretty weak in itself.  

Nonetheless, I’m not one to abandon a book series and will be reading until the end. I’m not jumping at the need to move forward, but I am excited to see where the story goes. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child death, Death of parent, Torture, Slavery, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Murder

Minor: Suicide