Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer

6 reviews

thumbeleia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Chronic illness, Gore, Body horror, Child death, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Police brutality, War, Classism, and Torture

kryzysowa_narzeczona's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Medical content, and Police brutality

Moderate: Torture and Grief

littletiramisu's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Torture, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Confinement, Physical abuse, War, and Violence

theteamsreader's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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? No

3.5

A well imagined world with a Robin Hood-esque main character sets off the start of a promising epic fantasy.  When reading this book I found difficulty, at first, with the many locations and side characters to keep track of.  Certain characters I couldn't bond with either.  A sequel is desperately needed to hand, as, by the end of the book, all opinions will be shifted entirely.  Recommend to anyone looking for a Medieval fantasy revolving around disease, high politics, minor romantic tensions and a small flavour of found family.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Police brutality, Torture, and War

Minor: Blood and Excrement

kirstenf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Child death, War, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Terminal illness, Alcohol, and Torture

Minor: Confinement, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Sexual content

amyhartz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Intrigue, plots, rebellion, complicated motivations, lost of action and more! It built up an interesting world & history while still keeping the story going at a really nice pace. Really enjoyed the tension & emotional build up in the romance sub-plot. Also I love when a book has a satisfying end to the events/action in the book but leaves me excited for the next book with lots of questions to get answers for & problems to solve. 

I really enjoyed the book, will be reading the sequels. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, and Chronic illness

Minor: Torture and Police brutality