Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

49 reviews

imds's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Violence, Abandonment, Body horror, Grief, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Blood, Confinement, Colonisation, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Racism, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racism, and Mental illness

Moderate: Pregnancy, Child abuse, Gore, Death of parent, Violence, Abandonment, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Bullying, Slavery, Sexism, and Classism

Minor: Rape, Police brutality, and Car accident

navibo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

Omg I literally binged this book! It was kinda slow and hard to understand ( for me) the first 130 pages, but the rest was so gripping. I still probably don’t understand everything about the world building, but that’s cause I had no clue what happened in the Arthurian legend 🥲 Anyway, it doesn’t really matter if you don’t either, cause the plot and the relationships are amazing, the grieving process is realistic and well-written. The diversity of legendborn is pretty good as well, with both race, disabilities and lgbtq+🫶🏻
 P. S. The banter between some characters got me giggling for real👀

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Grief, and Racism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Colonisation, Misogyny, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexism, Police brutality, Blood, Car accident, and Torture

oddlyghoul's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Bullying, Colonisation, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Murder, Genocide, Racial slurs, Sexism, Blood, Gore, Alcohol, Car accident, Police brutality, and Antisemitism

arobear's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.5

This book is a great read, especially the last half as we get deeper into the lore and complexities of connections/relationships. The perspective from a black woman as a main character is so needed in this space! There is a lot to explore in terms of legacy and how it intertwines with personhood, family, duty, and grief. The only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is because it does start off slow and I was confused by the many characters and kept getting them mixed up, but overall I would highly recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Death of parent, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Classism and War

Minor: Police brutality, Rape, and Slavery

teacherkmd's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-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: Violence, Slavery, Racial slurs, Grief, War, and Racism

Moderate: Death of parent, Police brutality, and Mental illness

Minor: Car accident and Rape

caleb_makes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racism, Death of parent, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, War, Slavery, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Torture, Transphobia, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Car accident, and Animal death

spooderman's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, Bullying, Grief, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Classism, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Slavery, Death, Car accident, Confinement, Body horror, Violence, Sexism, Misogyny, Torture, Hate crime, Death of parent, Abandonment, War, Mental illness, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Deportation, Cursing, Cultural appropriation, Blood, Ableism, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Pregnancy, Addiction, Alcohol, Rape, Animal death, Religious bigotry, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual assault, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

elizajoy22's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Amazing! I need the next book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Violence, Slavery, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Police brutality

hailstorm3812's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful fast-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

I really loved this. It feels like such a classic YA fantasy but updated to fit today. It manages to balance intense topics with fun magic with teen drama. I also got really attached to the characters. I can't wait to see where we go from here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Violence, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Slavery, Mental illness, and Police brutality

Minor: Transphobia and Rape