Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

24 reviews

manukahoney_reads's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Medical content, and Self harm

Minor: Miscarriage and Police brutality

nineinchnails's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

frances was painfully relatable and i really loved her despite all the secondhand embarrassment and frustration. i definitely came out of it confused and conflicted on how to feel about nick but at least i don’t completely loathe him! for now this is tied with normal people but i’m not sure if it’ll measure up beyond the short term since i really loved normal people.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Mental illness

Moderate: Chronic illness, Classism, Medical content, Self harm, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Body dysmorphia

komiification's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

I'm not smart enough to fully understand this book, but it made me so fucking sad. Every single line was a poetic punch in my stomach. It made me want to die I was so miserable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Vomit, Alcohol, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Cursing, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Police brutality and Racism

taylorsevalia's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Self harm

Moderate: Medical content, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Police brutality, Racism, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

my second go with Sally Rooney (first being Normal People), and this time was much more enjoyable. nowhere near as bleak and depressing, but still very emotional. i found the narrator’s desperate need for validation relatable; me too girlie. really well plotted. don’t be fooled by the title though: it’s a lot of internal monologue and more about the conversations that didn’t happen than the ones that did.

i have to comment on the US cover, especially for the audiobook (storygraph shows a different one but you can see what i’m talking about here: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41DTekX2n4L._SL500_.jpg). first of all, i don’t mind the composition but i dislike the art style, its flatness and lifelessness when this book is all about complex characters. but what really bothers me is that i think some other artist was given the task of adapting the cover art to a square aspect ratio for the audiobook, and literally copied, pasted, and mirrored the original tightly-cropped faces, adding in the nose bits. because, why are they so symmetrical?? why are their facial features so small?? it’s firmly in the uncanny valley. shoutout to the Danish cover, though, so pretty: https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/0bf9c4f3-3123-4d7b-a6b5-8955ff06e5f6
edit: the Russian hardcover is also beautiful: https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/183d6a3b-d207-4cfb-aa9e-e36bc6df3f84 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Body horror, Child abuse, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Vomit, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, War, Classism, and Miscarriage

racbuckallew's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

ugh I LOVE a toxic brunette

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Police brutality, Medical content, and Alcoholism

t_rex_'s review against another edition

challenging reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

this is a complex book with a deep writing style. you will need to concentrate at times to be able to grasp it but it is very good! Frances (main character and only pov) can get very irritating at times I find. yet it's good because it allows you to bond more slowly with her as if she were a real person, and she also knows she isn't a perfect person always in the right, which is refreshing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Mental illness

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Self harm

Minor: Vomit and Police brutality

most of it is mild, maybe one scene or two, others there is a more consistent theme of the topic for example the self harm. it's not incredibly detailed or talked about a lot but it is there.

dfram's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

this is a story about love, in many forms. i liked only one of the characters, everyone else was so unlikable i wanted to punch them in the face (and THAT is what i loved the most about this book). i wasn’t on anyone’s side, because these characters captured the complexity of relationships and feelings and being human so well. everyone was right and everyone was wrong in a lot of ways. i loved normal people by sally rooney, and this book wasn’t what i expected it to be; i’m not disappointed by it, and i’m also not super sure i would read it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Blood, and Self harm

Moderate: Chronic illness, Miscarriage, Cursing, Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Infertility, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Homophobia, Police brutality, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Classism

leefox's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Chronic illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Police brutality

readwithchar's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Alcohol

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Racism and Police brutality