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ecicilala's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Homophobia
Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, and Outing
Minor: Suicide and Police brutality
yasaman's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
But I hated -and will continue doing so- homophobia.
Do you know how many lives are ruined every year, because the majority of the people cannot withstand two adults liking each other?
Fuck homophobia. And fuck homophobes.
Graphic: Police brutality, Outing, Bullying, Sexual content, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Violence
hart887's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Infidelity and Outing
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Suicide
nicoleisalwaysreading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Homophobia
Moderate: Gaslighting, Sexual content, Outing, and Suicide
Beautifully written and the use of perspective shift was well-used and powerful. Sad but sweetsib_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Graphic: Infidelity, Outing, Violence, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Lesbophobia, Suicide, Chronic illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content
Minor: Alcohol
maria_winther's review against another edition
5.0
de forskellige pov virker virkelig godt, og man er hele tiden samtidig på alles og ingens side
det er en frustrerende situation og der er ingen god løsning og hvorfor var verden sådan her for ikke engang så mange år siden (og det er ikke løst endnu)
Graphic: Homophobia, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Suicide
imjustan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I can’t describe my love for this book but I find myself coming back to it again and again.
At the end of each last letter of that part of the POV I kept looking forwards to continuing their POV. And so on. I think it very well shows how gay relationships were being seen by outsiders in the 50’s.
It’s heartbreaking at times but it also made me feel incredibly joyful at others.
Graphic: Chronic illness and Homophobia
Moderate: Physical abuse
Minor: Suicide
sophafie's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Homophobia and Outing
Moderate: Lesbophobia
Minor: Abortion, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Terminal illness
nightfuryx99x's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Suicide
laurenvoice's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
My Policeman does not live up to the hype it gets. The story was somewhat disappointing. Although the topic of this book was an important one; especially, it highlights just how recent the criminalisation of being gay, bisexual or lesbian recently was, a sad and terrifying fact. It could have been written completely differently.
What Marion did to Patrick is not defendable; it was disgusting. However, she did not deserve the gaslighting, and the emotional abuse in the lead-up, and by the sounds of it after, what she did. Tom is an unlikeable character, he screams toxic, his actions towards both Marion and Patrick are toxic. He seemed a selfish man. And it felt as if these abusive actions were glossed over.
It bears repeating, if Roberts accepted that Marion was bi or a lesbian, falling for the het-norms, we could have seen a beautiful relationship between Marion and Julia, and could have saved Patrick a lot of pain!
Graphic: Gaslighting and Homophobia
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship
Minor: Suicide and Terminal illness