Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne

4 reviews

chireadsandchill's review

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Violence, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, War, Bullying, Death, Blood, Grief, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Slavery, Hate crime, Child abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

thatreadinggal11's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This book was a little bit overrated in my opinion. I was sad but i didnt bawl like i expected . I am going to read the ending again but what can i say this must have been difficult to write and i give the author credit for that :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Murder, Emotional abuse, Child death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Grief, Islamophobia, Child abuse, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Death, Physical abuse, War, Violence, Religious bigotry, Gore, Torture, and Slavery

planetshelf's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

1.0

The book was honestly just stupid. It was historically unrealistic and poorly planned; it felt like the author just wrote without regard for the next event. Bruno mistook German words for English words even though he didn’t speak English(?), and he read as much younger and more stupid than he should’ve been. I am bitter about wasting my time on the book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery and Antisemitism

Minor: Death, Police brutality, Genocide, Child abuse, Confinement, and Racism

cakrolik's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Torture

Minor: Alcoholism and Infidelity