Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Archenemies by Marissa Meyer

5 reviews

bear_ridge_tarot's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-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

4.5

 The second book in the Renedages Trilogy starts out with Nova having successfully infiltrated the Renegades as one of them. She not only works with and for the Renegades, but she is also a member of her sworn enemy's son's patrol unit to maintain order in Gatlon City! Now going by Insomnia rather than her Anarchist identity of Nightmare, Nova has to navigate the ins and outs of daily life as a teenage Renedage, hide her secret identity from everyone around her, and figure out what this thing between her and Adrian actually is. Adrian, for his part, is discovering all the things that are wrong with the justice system he grew up with as the privileged son of Gatlon's beloved Captain Chromium and the Dread Pirate. It's an unknown race between the two teens to see who will achieve their goals before their secrets blow up in their faces. 

Again the narration is so good! I enjoy the back-and-forth between the two points of view. Nova gives that snark and sass of the wanna-be villain. Adrian's parts are full of disillusionment and hero heartache. Archenemies carries the story along at a swift and thrilling pace. I cannot wait to see where Marissa takes the conflict in the next book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Blood, and Gun violence

Moderate: Police brutality, Confinement, Classism, Death of parent, and Medical content

Minor: Gaslighting and Xenophobia

boydgirl's review against another edition

I just can't with this book RN. This story shows the Renegades to have a major lapse in ethics. I was getting so pissed I decided to look ahead to see if this is actually dealt with at all, give what just happened when I left off, and all I can find is a resounding no. IDK if I'll give it another chance in the future, but right now I just can't with this.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Police brutality and Murder

psliz's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.75

the tension both romantically and secret-identity-wise is immaculate! although, there was one part of the plot i didn't like that much but it made for a great discussion and even more tension

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Physical abuse, and Police brutality

Minor: Death of parent, Ableism, and Child death

lucyviness's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Police brutality, and Torture

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Abandonment, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Toxic friendship, and War

erovelo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse