Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

20 reviews

dizzybridge's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This book absolutely wrecked me. It is such a beautiful and unique take on a second chance romance where the characters are so complicated and traumatized. In some parts I laughed out loud, and then in other parts, it was making me sob for these wonderful characters. I cannot recommend this book enough. As a person living with chronic illness and chronic pain, I felt so seen, and the discussions around the main characters disability touched me so deeply. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child abuse, Police brutality, Self harm, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Medical trauma

thewairimu's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Self harm

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, and Drug abuse

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Police brutality

cristinareading's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Violence, Death of parent, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Vomit, Gun violence, and Police brutality

bethsreading's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Alcoholism, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Violence, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Racism

otheywanttosing's review

4.0

"I liked everything about you. Even the scary parts."

This was a funny, raw, second-chance romance that opened my eyes and crumpled my heart.

Tia Williams' writing is unafraid to confront a painful past for the sake of true healing and happiness. If you want to read on motherhood, on breaking generational curses, on race in America, on chronic illness, on addiction, on the Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known ™️—but all of that with easy humour and grace through characters that feel like genuine people—read this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Racism, and Self harm

Moderate: Police brutality, Alcoholism, and Pedophilia

vel629vet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.25

Took me a long time to get into this book, but once I was hooked I flew through it. Beautiful and unique love story that touches on so much more about Black culture, discrimination, stereotyping, and more. I love how it wrapped up and it wasn't just a happily ever after. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Violence and Racism

Minor: Police brutality

mirireads's review

emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Chronic illness, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Grief, Self harm, and Sexual content

Minor: Gun violence, Medical content, Vomit, Child death, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Car accident, Infidelity, Abandonment, and Alcohol

massivepizzacrust's review

emotional hopeful sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Ugh, this book gave me major feelings. Eva and Shane deserve all the happiness in the world, and I was rooting for them from page 1. I read most of this book over the course of an extremely long plane flight, then finished it this morning when I couldn't sleep due to jet lag, so not the most coherent review. But I'm so happy they found each other. Definitely review content warnings before going in if that's important for you, I found some scenes very hard to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Violence, Self harm, Drug abuse, Addiction, Vomit, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Police brutality, Confinement, Physical abuse, Medical content, and Gun violence

Most content warnings apply to flashbacks, so you do know that the characters are in a better place in present day. But it's still pretty explicit.

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

challenging 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

1.0

Imagine romanticizing a toxic high school relationship you had with a boy you’d only known for a couple days and then using him as your muse to write an entire erotic vampire romance series for the next 15 years….

Then imagine him reappearing in your life because HE’s now ready to talk to you, the audacity.

So much miscommunication, instalove, toxic relationships/habits and tendencies. They are not good for each other, they are constantly running away from things and not communicating with each other. Even 15 years later and they’re both still hurting each other, leaving/running away. They do not help each other be better people.

This book, these characters, it just wasn’t for me.

Spoiler

Also the “twist” where Lizette was the one that sent Shane to jail because she thought he had done something to Eva (which is TOTALLY understandable!) as the scene she walks in on is literally Eva passed out from drugs & alcohol as well as pleading from her self-harm cuts so there’s blood. Why didn’t Shane tell her? I just don’t understand why if you loved them so much you wouldn’t be straight up with him from the get go after he left you? If you guys had such a real and intense connection, how could you let him go that easily?

Spoiler

Also I feel like Ty’s death was written so cheaply? Like a 13 year old innocent boy was just killed and and yet the author only spend a couple of pages talking about Shane’s reaction when this boy meant so much to him. Also, why couldn’t Shane have called Eva to let her know that that’s why he “stood her and Audre up” was because he was literally going to the hospital to say goodbye to his student.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Police brutality, Racism, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Sexual content, Cursing, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Medical content, and Vomit

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Child death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Vomit, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Violence, Ableism, Addiction, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Self harm, and Sexual content