Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams

19 reviews

metaphorsandmisc's review against another edition

mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Medical trauma

Moderate: Genocide, Addiction, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, and Terminal illness

Minor: Gun violence and Cursing

hmetwade's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Addiction, Alcoholism, Gore, Hate crime, Car accident, Medical content, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Stalking, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Genocide

kryskross's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Genocide, Death, Kidnapping, Medical content, Addiction, Murder, and Blood

jewelkr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

 

I was surprised/disappointed when I realized that this was a work of fiction.  I picked it up from a Little Library thinking that it was Abrams take on Washington. 

 

But interested in her capabilities as a fiction writer – what an amazing woman/person. 

 

It’s an interesting read – fast-paced with many unexpected turns, although a bit too spy-vs-spy for me to follow.  It was good to experience a young [black] woman in a professional and pivotal role in a non-chic lit format.  I would have liked to have the main characters more developed and fewer random murders so that the story was more about the people and less about the conspiracies.  There were a few corn cob moments that could have been less sentimentalized but I would certainly read another of Abrams’ books, fiction or otherwise.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Medical content, Addiction, Confinement, Genocide, Murder, and Stalking

mnatale100's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Addiction, Kidnapping, Medical content, Drug use, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Islamophobia, Genocide, and Vomit

Minor: Death of parent, Car accident, Cursing, and Classism

_belty_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Hate crime, Violence, Murder, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Racism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, and Genocide

becksusername's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Islamophobia, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Genocide, Violence, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, and Stalking

juli_powers's review against another edition

challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Genocide, Hate crime, and Violence

Minor: Death

competencefantasy's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide

serendipitysbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

 While Justice Sleeps is a legal and political thriller, written by Stacey Abrams who is obviously very knowledgeable about the operations and machinations of both arenas. Avery Keene is a law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Howard Wynn, who is frequently the swing vote on important high profile cases. When he falls into a coma Avery is stunned to learn that she, not his wife or son, has been named as his legal guardian and power of attorney. With no legal precedent for what to do in this situation and some important cases, including one relating to a merger between an American biotech business and an Indian genetics company, awaiting verdicts much handwringing and wrangling results. Avery uncovers information suggesting a chilling conspiracy as well as chess-like clues left by Wynn which put her in danger.

Avery is an intelligent and principled character trying to manage a uniquely stressful situation as well as dealing with her mother’s addiction issues. She’s certainly a character you can root for. But like all thrillers it’s the plot that keeps you reading and this is multi-layered and detailed with plenty of twists and turns. It is frightening how plausible so much of this book is. Not being a chess player nor having much chess knowledge (nor a deep knowledge of the American political and legal landscape come to that) undoubtedly meant I missed some of the finer points. But that mattered not a bit. Thing kept moving and the intrigue intensified so I had no time to dwell on my deficiencies. Besides there were enough ethical issues for me to mull over. Not to mention lots of morally reprehensible behaviour to rail against.

Possibly a bit too detailed and intricate for me as a reader, but it kept me engrossed from beginning to end and left me with plenty to think about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Genocide, Murder, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Addiction