Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

5 reviews

hjb_128's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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: Death, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Medical content

caittothelin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective slow-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? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Police brutality, and Murder

capra's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Police brutality

scytheria's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Police brutality

Moderate: Torture

emmonsannae's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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

4.5

I really enjoyed this one! John Grady Cole is such an excellent and endearing American protagonist. The characters are beautifully done (as always), and while John Grady’s coming of age is pretty dark, the preservation of his morality and determination gives this novel a concrete hopefulness many of C.M.’s other books lack. The breathtaking prose describing a landscape and a world that even for John Grady is already passing away makes this a bittersweet love letter to the old American Southwest. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content