Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

We Are Not Like Them by Jo Piazza, Christine Pride

93 reviews

agnesg's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage

dizzyizzy's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, Medical content, Grief, and Car accident

emilylovesgoodbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Child death, Death, Hate crime, Infertility, Racial slurs, Racism, and Grief

Moderate: Gun violence, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Murder

melikeread's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

nuanced.
well written.


would be interesting to talk to authors to see why they made kevin murphy’s character into a “good cop” and cameron into a bad cop, although they both shot.
obviously we don’t want to see things in just black and white, but it would be interesting to hear the authors’ intentions.

recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Racial slurs

Moderate: Child death, Infertility, Racism, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexism

nuanced. well written. would be interesting to talk to authors to see why they made kevin murphy’s character into a “good cop” and cameron into a bad cop, although they both shot. obviously we don’t want to see things in just black and white, but it would be interesting to hear the authors’ intentions. recommend!

dckathleen's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.5

A Black woman (Riley) and a white woman (Jen) who grew up together and have been best friends since childhood find their friendship tested when the white woman's policeman husband shoots an unarmed Black teenager and the Black woman is the tv journalist who covers the story. Both struggle with the circumstances. 

I felt like they weren't really best friends anymore, they were childhood friends who had grown apart. The book has two authors and does portray both perspectives, but I found Jen significantly less likeable. She almost recognizes the pain her husband caused, but ultimately she doesn't quite get there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Infertility

kmallinson93's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, and Murder

ukponge's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Infertility, Racism, Police brutality, and Murder

caseyrich's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, and Murder

briana7's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, and Pregnancy

maddy9877's review against another edition

challenging reflective tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Police brutality