Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

33 reviews

lotharith's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Police brutality

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Murder, Body horror, Violence, Gore, Religious bigotry, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, and Sexism

Minor: Slavery, Child death, and Antisemitism

keen's review

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Violence, Blood, and Hate crime

Minor: Child abuse

caidyn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Each chapter was like a little vignette with the whole book a connected short story collection. I did really enjoy this and the imaginations of a Lovecraftian world. It felt almost like The Twilight Zone in many stories. Overall, enjoyable!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Police brutality

charlieeee's review against another edition

challenging hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Cursing, Racial slurs, Violence, and Death

Minor: Confinement, Sexual content, Slavery, Police brutality, Dementia, Gun violence, Child death, Death of parent, and Blood

I haven't watched the HBO series, but from what I've read on DoesTheDogDie dot Com the TV series has taken a grain of truth from the book and made it more violent; shocking and 'sexy' (this is HBO we're talking about here). If you've tried the series and struggled due to some of the content, please give the book a go as the overall tone & content is more in-keeping with the science fiction from the 19th/20th century than anything more modern. A genuine delight to read - please give the book a chance.

idolates's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, and Blood

horizonous's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Slavery, Violence, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death of parent

mintii's review

adventurous dark inspiring medium-paced

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

3.75

This book was much different than the show but I really liked both for their individually different qualities. But to have the tv show characters on the cover really threw me off for half of the book. 
I wasn’t expecting the ending.

I understood the group wanted to end Braithewhite but how could they? It seemed like a wild leap for the Winthrope ghost to help. And I kind of wish that scene was written about. </>

It was a long book and as an ebook reader I just need to anticipate that more upfront lol

Hypolyta and Ruby were my two favorite characters and I was so happy each got a chapter to explore more about them. If there were ever to be a sequel, I’d love to see a focus on them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Police brutality and Racism

jlaz_13's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder, Torture, Gaslighting, Violence, and Police brutality

morphoportis's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, and Violence

Minor: Slavery and Sexual assault