Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton

42 reviews

bg_oseman_fan's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

I really liked the framing structure of the book and the way the narrator became part of the story. i liked the synergy between the past and present. i liked how the incident at the core of the story drove the characters and how it seeped into their life. perhaps the reason it’s not five stars is i felt that something’s could have been explored more explicitly in the story. i wish we could have seen more of Opal and Nev’s interactions with one another than we got in the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Hate crime, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Death of parent, Addiction, Cursing, Death, Racial slurs, Drug use, and Police brutality

Minor: Grief

mysteryspouse's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Addiction, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Hate crime, Sexism, Murder, Racism, and Violence

bethyj's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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: Racial slurs, Cursing, Racism, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Hate crime, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Police brutality

Minor: Sexism and Self harm

leonormsousa's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Drug abuse, Racism, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Death, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Hate crime, Violence, Addiction, Gaslighting, Murder, and Police brutality

my_a's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Drug abuse, Death, Death of parent, Racism, Violence, Terminal illness, Hate crime, and Racial slurs

annabulkowski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Classism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Cursing, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Death, Misogyny, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Addiction, Hate crime, Mental illness, and Racism

bealittlebrave's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Infidelity, and Hate crime

Moderate: Rape, Drug abuse, Police brutality, Grief, and Misogyny

erinbarton's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

going into this book, i knew from the premise that it would share similarities with daisy jones & the six, but the similarities were just too many to avoid comparison — both books follow a fictional band during the 70s, written in the format of an oral history /documentary script, the journalist of which is the child of one of the band members who had an affair with the charismatic and magnetic female lead singer, and the journalist is aiming to unpack the mystery surrounding an infamous performance of the band’s. although opal & nev’s plot definitely moved beyond this going into the second half, it wasn’t enough to escape the comparison for me.

the oral history style i felt was actually to the book’s detriment; i didn’t feel connected to the protagonist, sunny, at all since they were so passive in the story, and none of the characters with the exception of opal had very distinctive voices that i felt warranted the script format. the execution of the script format wasn’t as seamless as daisy jones & the six, possibly due to the large amount of footnotes and editor’s notes from the protagonist. i feel this story could have been better executed in a regular prose format with the inclusion of some footnotes and news articles etc 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Violence and Police brutality

redheadragereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective tense slow-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

 Immersive. I loved the characters. It is always impressive when an author can make you toy between loving and loathing a single character between the pages of one book. 

Guarantee this is a great audiobook!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Police brutality, and Xenophobia

thehmkane'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

4.75

It's unfortunate that this book won't be able to avoid comparison to Daisy Jones, because this, to me, is a much more solid journey into that space. Timely, but nostalgic; classic, but modern. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Police brutality, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Addiction, Medical content, Drug abuse, Misogyny, and Drug use