Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Family Meal by Bryan Washington

69 reviews

evilyn's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Police brutality, Grief, and Alcohol

queenoftheharpies's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, and Dysphoria

kaywhiteley's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Racism, Sexual content, Police brutality, and Alcohol

Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Death of parent

sminatra's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Eating disorder, Police brutality, and Death of parent

smittonwith's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-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

3.0

Family Meal by Bryan Washington is an important read. I listened to the audiobook, and at times felt challenged with following along through the various chapters. This book is written by a black author and focuses on the themes of queer identity, gay men, HIV/AIDS, loss of a parent & significant others, trauma, cultural identity, and police brutality. Family Meal is an important read that follows the story of two former best friends, Cam and Kai as they rediscover their friendship and navigate the traumas and triumphs of life. Family Meal is a touching and poignant story on the ever-changing nature of life and self-discovery. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Police brutality and Grief

fkshg8465's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.25

Loved the depiction of Houston, the psyche of all the main characters, and their individual journeys. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Death, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Police brutality, Death of parent, Outing, and Pandemic/Epidemic

joensign's review against another edition

reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Car accident

telliot's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Abandonment

jimins's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.5

read for bookclub; this was my first bryan washington novel and these characters felt real. the style of the book didn’t particularly work for me but i would still recommend reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Police brutality

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Grief

kmsander4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use and Police brutality