Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Fracture Me by Tahereh Mafi

2 reviews

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-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? Yes

3.5

was interesting to hear from adam’s perspective, especially his observations of juliette, rather than just hearing what’s going on inside her mind. i adore adam’s love for james (and i adore james). i feel for his conflict but i’ve kind of turned on adam now, kenji however i love sm and hope the next novella is from his perspective!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Violence, Gun violence, Vomit, Police brutality, and Murder

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Mental illness, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Kidnapping, Death, and Child death

roseamillerg's review against another edition

informative sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

The  first 3/4 of this book was so boring to me since so much of it is scenes from Unravel Me with the same exact dialogue  only with the addition of Adam’s thoughts. 

It seems that the author decided to make Adam super condescending and ignorant which I expected because now Warner is the main love interest but the extent to which the author made Adam unlikable was a bit overdone and out-of-character for him. The only good thing about Adam in this book was his love for James. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Torture