Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

4 reviews

ericiusm's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

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

0.75

This is cringy edgy shit. Curse G. R. R. Martin for giving authors the great idea of killing characters off with ease, cause now every wanna be edgelord out there kills people left and right for the sake of gasps. Yarros is a horny teenager try hard that doesn’t understand worldbuilding, romance, fantasy and the military. Sometimes I wonder why my stupid brain gave me such powerful insecurities paired with perfectionism, cause without by now I would have been a best selling author of at least one poorly written fantasy trilogy…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Bullying, Cursing, Gaslighting, Islamophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Misogyny, Police brutality, War, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Torture, Sexism, Xenophobia, Death, Violence, and Hate crime

romyyyyyy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Omg this is amazing I listen to it while reading and I cried in public

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Content Warnings

Minor: War, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Cursing, Police brutality, Blood, Death, and Death of parent

emsavors's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.5

Rebecca Yarros really sat down and wrote a book which includes every possible trope ever. Manic pixie dream girl, not like the other girls, i’m no longer attracted to my best friend but i am attracted to the guy who wants to kill me. You’ll find all these and more. Also the ending is just the hunger games: catching fire.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, War, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Colonisation, Blood, Child death, Gore, Animal death, Ableism, Cursing, Grief, Murder, Death, Genocide, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Torture

prairieraven's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.25

Doesn't live up to the hype but it is a cute,  simple read for something that is military school for teens with dragons. The dragons are neat. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Death, Animal death, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Ableism, Cursing, Confinement, Child death, Violence, Police brutality, Genocide, Stalking, Sexual content, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Murder, and Misogyny