Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

115 reviews

einstein7931's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Police brutality

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Incest

rowanelisa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

jlily_'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Pedophilia, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Incest

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Classism

aalfie's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective slow-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

5.0

heartbreaking and so beautiful 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Incest

mishumydog's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

best novel this year!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

Minor: Misogyny and Police brutality

angelkisses's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Police brutality, and Classism

Moderate: Child death

vetrina's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

I enjoyed this book, mostly because of its writing. The writing is magnificent. The brilliant metaphors, the repetition, and the non-linearness of the plot make the writing sort of dream-like. This book is slow-paced, detailing all of the small and big things that lead up to (and the consequences of) the big event described at the start of the book, The Death of Sophie Mol. The characters are well fleshed out and believable (even if some of them are horrible people). This book is also very melancholy and deals with a lot of tragedy. The descriptions of the tragedies are visceral and impactful, and they wonderfully reflect the consequences of things such as the caste system, gender roles, and childhood trauma. This book definitely isn't for everyone, but I'm glad I read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Police brutality

Minor: Incest

lanid's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Police brutality, and Classism

Minor: Incest and Sexual content

johk's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

Despite its slowness, prose, confusing writing and spectacular imagery, I could not put it down for long. Every time I did, I had to come back to see where it was going. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Racism, and Police brutality