Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

The Kingmaker by Kennedy Ryan

20 reviews

sarah_thebooknerd's review against another edition

challenging 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? No

4.0

4 ⭐️ 
2 🌶️ 

I have a lot of thoughts about this book. I love Kennedys writing and her way to weave a story is superior. If you are a fan of Scandal I think you will like this book/ duet. Lennix and Maxim are both really strong characters that do not want to compromise! I liked that not going to lie. 

Beware there is a cliffhanger and you are doing to want book 2 before diving into this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Police brutality, and Kidnapping

krystalframe's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Misogyny and Murder

psydneigh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-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

I love Lennix. Im kind of on the fence about Maxim in this one. Can’t wait to finish their story up! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Colonisation

churrosmom's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol and Colonisation

hazelgirl21's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Police brutality, Death of parent, and Colonisation

apolen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Hate crime, Misogyny, and Racism

unfriendly_black_reader's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Police brutality, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death

dogbuttsandbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Police brutality, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

Moderate: Kidnapping

aqtbenz's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Police brutality, and Death of parent

emfass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.75

I mean, I just, I can't....PHEW. Kennedy Ryan has been at the top of my list of Authors I Need to Check Out and my friends, the rumors are fuckin' true. She is writing on another level. 

The intense emotionality, the crystal clear characters, the consent--my god, the CONSENT! The way Maxim checks in with Lennix, over and over again, while still making it abundantly clear all the ways he wants her. *fans self* 

I was also SO INTO the political discussions in this book, and the awareness raised by making the heroine, Lennix, "a proud member of the Yavapai-Apache Nation."

I loved the way both Maxim and Lennix were uncompromising and ambitious in going after what they wanted for their lives. The way that (small spoiler) Ryan uses time in this story to track a relationship over many years, and the ways people grow and change and come to know themselves and hold onto the memories that matter most was just...UGH. SO GOOD. 

That's all the words I have for now. Please note this one ends on about as high stakes a cliffhanger as they come, and you will want to have The Rebel King teed up and ready to go.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence, Misogyny, and Racial slurs

Lots of references to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women