Reviews tagging 'Violence'

My Policeman by Bethan Roberts

52 reviews

mallory10100's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.75

i enjoyed this. i wish we got Tom’s perspective and less of Marion’s. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Cursing, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, and Misogyny

Moderate: Gaslighting, Medical content, Mental illness, Classism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Abandonment, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Bullying, Transphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Dementia, Confinement, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Violence, Miscarriage, and War

can’t wait for the movie to come out!!

swanne_h_'s review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

2.5

I really wanted to give this book a chance. 
Normally, I don't enjoy books that talk about mundane aspects of life. Maybe that's why the first 280 pages weren't my favorite.
The characters are also anything but lovable. Maybe that's the point, but it's just not what I'm looking for in a book.
Marion seemed really arrogant to me.
At first I thought the character of Patrick would be better because of the way Marion describes him. But when it gets to Patrick's chapters, I struggled to see him as a genuinely nice person. He only behaved nice towards Marion to be able to keep meeting Tom. Even his relationship with Tom seemed more of a quest than out of genuine interest.
The only character who I was hopeful of liking (maybe because she was the only one besides Tom and Patrick that didn't radiate homophobia and/or misogyny) was Julia, but as soon as we learn that she is not as much of an asshole as Marion, she vanishes from the story.
The last 60 pages were really hard to get through. What ultimately made me not like the story was the concept of Marion feeling entitled to describe her side of the story after destroying all of their lives. I'm not saying she didn't have a valid reason to be hurt by Tom marrying her and lying to her, but ruining Patrick's life, not thinking in the slightest about how Tom feels in that moment and then expecting both of them to listen to her side of the story made me lose any remaining shred of sympathy I had for her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Violence

Minor: Suicide attempt

meredithobermark's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This is a good read, and after reading I’m really looking forward to seeing the movie. I can totally see Harry Styles being a good fit for Tom. It was a relatively easy read, despite the 1950s British vocabulary. I had no trouble picking the book back up again and flying through even the longer chapters. In regards to characters, Marion really bothered me. I liked her at first but only because she’s the main character and I usually root for the narrator. However, each decision she made was just so selfish and frustrating. Even the end couldn’t help me find respect for her. I found it hard to like Tom at times, too. I’ll just say that the only person I was never bothered with was Julia. I had my suspicions about her but didn’t give it much thought. Overall, a very good read and I recommend it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Homophobia and Terminal illness

Minor: Violence and Sexual content

zoe_archambault's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Beautiful prose. Gut wrenching yet cute story. Satisfying yet I-want-more ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, and Outing

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, Cursing, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

ecicilala's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, and Outing

Minor: Suicide and Police brutality

yasaman's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book. I did not like Marion or Tom or Patrick.
But I hated -and will continue doing so- homophobia.

Do you know how many lives are ruined every year, because the majority of the people cannot withstand two adults liking each other?

Fuck homophobia. And fuck homophobes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Outing, Bullying, Sexual content, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Violence

marireadsbooks's review against another edition

reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Homophobia, and Misogyny

sib_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Outing, Violence, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Lesbophobia, Suicide, Chronic illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol

valeriayp98's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

9.9/10
Amé con todo mi corazón a Patrick.
Quiero saber más de él, la parte 4 me destruyó por completo.

Con Marion siento lástima, sus prejuicios la limitan, quiere ser más pero tiene miedo incluso si implica perder a personas que le importan.
Nunca se arrepiente de sus acciones solo lamenta el resultado de estas. 

No se que pensar de Tom, desde la perspectiva de Marion me llega a caer mal y desde la de Patrick me fascina, quiero su lado de la historia. 

Realmente todos los personajes son muy complejos y te dejan pensando, muy duro de leer, te hace pensar en la realidad en donde vivimos. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Violence

pamelasoto's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Infidelity, and Police brutality

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Violence and Suicide