Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

9 reviews

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

5.0

this was so amazing. tahereh’s writing is poetic but not hard to read. i want to highlight half of the words. will definitely be going back one day to annotate this. i knew i was in for a rollercoaster when i was crying less than 100 pages in. emotional wreckage.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Murder, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Gun violence, Torture, Xenophobia, Death, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity

Minor: Death of parent, Dysphoria, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Vomit

harymouck's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide and Gun violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Police brutality, Sexual content, Death, Confinement, Blood, Child abuse, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

jailynm13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Child death, Gore, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Police brutality, War, Kidnapping, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Colonisation, Confinement, Child abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Cursing, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Cursing, Medical trauma, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, War, Torture, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, and Death

lizzye33's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Blood, Physical abuse, War, Gun violence, Medical content, Police brutality, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Minor: Chronic illness

jasmineslibraryy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

way better than book 1, and i loved book 1!

the character development is fantastic, i LOVE aaron warner oh my god. and kenji my beloved??? juliette my girl??? adam’s more clingy & annoying but i still like him tbh 

i cannot wait to read adam’s novella & ignite me <3 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, War, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Cursing, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Medical content, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Confinement, Police brutality, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Child death, Forced institutionalization, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Vomit

like all dystopian novels, this book contains violence and war and death

gabi_w21'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Juliette is one of the most self-pitying, boy-obsessed idiot I’ve ever read. She’s so busy wallowing in self-pity and she’s reckless and doesn’t think her actions through. For about 50% of the book, she mopes and whines about Adam and how she’s a monster and how everyone is mean and she doesn’t care about anyone except Adam. She spends all of her time ignoring everyone at Omega Point, refusing to interact with anyone that wasn’t him. She even forgot he has a little brother! It really irked me the way she yelled at Castle, a Black man, but then let Warner, a white boy, say whatever he wanted with little interruption. I do like Juliette finally getting over her self loathing and pity part thanks to best boy Kenji, who I love with all my heart. Warner, on the other hand, was kind of meh. The entire drama of Juliette/Aaron/Adam kind of overshadowed the plot. If Adam had just told her what was going on, a lot of things would’ve been easier. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Violence, War, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Minor: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Genocide, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Abandonment

c_e_w's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Cursing, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, Child abuse, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing and Confinement

Minor: Car accident

allyordyna's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Genocide, War, and Violence

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Sexual content