Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus

18 reviews

dandeliongirl's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Grief, Sexual content, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Racism, Abandonment, Child death, and Police brutality

zombiezami's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This is what The Fault in Our Stars wishes it was

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Child abuse, Mental illness, Outing, Chronic illness, Confinement, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Cancer, Death, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Drug use, Kidnapping, Racism, Sexual harassment, Grief, Classism, Alcohol, and Gaslighting

Minor: Gun violence, Suicide, Colonisation, Addiction, Drug abuse, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, and Slavery

lunar_lapis's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Still remains the most beautiful, emotional, heartbreaking and empowering book I've ever read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Racism, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Chronic illness, Grief, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child abuse, Hate crime, Slavery, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Police brutality, and Sexual content

Minor: Drug use, Vomit, and Drug abuse

gabforshort's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Abandonment, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Child abuse, Police brutality, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death

skudiklier's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Gosh I loved this. I didn't really know much going in, so one of the main plot points really took me by surprise. This book is so beautiful and it made me cry a lot. I'd definitely recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Death, Homophobia, Child death, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Violence, Physical abuse, Drug use, Confinement, Grief, Sexual content, Child abuse, Racism, and Transphobia

Minor: Slavery, Medical content, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Outing, Murder, and Mental illness

cheuksin's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-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

2.75

I read this book because I wanted to read more queer books by black authors. 
If you like magical realism, astrology and spirituality this might be the book for you. However I personally don’t like those things.

the blurb made me think it was going to be revealed that she was pregnant, the cancer surprised me. I’m glad Mabel didn’t make some miraculous recovery as a result of Audre’s ‘healer’ ability or stones or green juice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Terminal illness

Moderate: Homophobia and Death

Minor: Police brutality

switchywitchsitch's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Death

Moderate: Police brutality and Homophobia

tegzy95's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

This book is an amazingly thought provoking story, and somehow even in the midst of a terminal illness diagnosis, the characters still are able to make the reader feel hopeful. I loved the characters of Audre and Mabel, and the journey that they took in finding themselves even through the difficulties and challenges that they were facing. The growth of their friendship was beautiful, and I loved every second of the journey. The inclusion of Afua and his story really made the book, in the sense of giving Mabel something to live for, and showed that she could leave her mark on this world in a significant way for someone who had helped her find herself in her darker moments. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Racism, Cancer, and Chronic illness

Minor: Drug use and Police brutality

bookishcori's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Homophobia

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Police brutality

amandaquotidianbooks's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed hearing about Trinidad, Whitney, Queenie and Afua. The characters were well drawn. I enjoyed the shameless depiction of sexuality. I appreciated the lack of instalove. This wasn’t as romantically focused as I had thought. It focused much more on general intimacy and self-discovery. I love all the joy and sweetness in this novel, as well as the deep sadness. Hearing about astrology and Queenie’s spiritualism was also fascinating.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Cancer, Child abuse, and Death

Minor: Police brutality