Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron

6 reviews

reedandright's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Death, and Torture

Moderate: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, and Gaslighting

Minor: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Police brutality, and Sexual content

vixenreader's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

More of a cult folk horror than a slasher, and with a messy narrative structure, a cast of likeable teens with strong friendships, twists that I genuinely did not see coming, and visceral horror and gore made up for the book’s shortcomings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Animal death, Child death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Stalking, Child abuse, Violence, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Medical content, Cursing, Gun violence, and Torture

Minor: Sexual content, Police brutality, and Racism

There is also police negligence, ritualistic sacrifice, weaponry, horror movie spoilers and bodies hidden in lakes.

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Sexual content, Stalking, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Blood, Kidnapping, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Physical abuse

faduma's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Police brutality, Stalking, Violence, Abandonment, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Torture, Physical abuse, Racism, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Child abuse, Gore, and Gun violence

hailstorm3812's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This is a very fun halloween slasher. If you are looking for a popcorn book that reads like watching a movie, this is perfect. It does take awhile for setup but the setup and characters were fun for me. Liking the characters does make it a little less fun in the actual slasher part though, since movie tend to have rough sketches and stereotypes so you don't have to feel the pain of losing their best friends. I did have higher hopes for the intelligence of the plot, thinking it would play on the fact that it is aware of the tropes, like Scream or Cabin in the Woods, or use how the leads all being POC and/or Queer. I think that was a missed opportunity but it just wanted to be a fun dumb slasher and it lived up to that.

Also it's literally the Psych episode Tuesday the 17th, which in my mind is a plus.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, and Stalking

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Racism, Sexism, and Police brutality

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Alcoholism, Police brutality, Death of parent, Child abuse, Excrement, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Sexual content, and Body horror