Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

The Spook Who Sat by the Door by Sam Greenlee

3 reviews

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

This book was written in such an impressively cutting way. The author has great skill in writing dialogue. The plot is a bit simplistic and predictable, but I liked how it really captured certain sentiments from the era. Knocking off some points for the casual misogyny. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Grief, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Slavery, Torture, Colonisation, and War

gilnean's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Slavery

Minor: Cancer, Genocide, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Vomit, Islamophobia, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

narbine's review against another edition

mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

Need to read again, very good. All of it still relevant today.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Addiction and Police brutality