Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley

272 reviews

nicole625's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

joana_isabell's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug use, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

amachonis's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia and Transphobia

roni_schreuer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Beautiful lyrical language that puts you in the court or the swimming pool from the moment you enter kiaras story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Police brutality

vertibravia's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, and Death of parent

jenjones83's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, and Trafficking

aubrield's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

It’s not that the flaws of the main character weren’t present. It has to do more her main flaws belonging to a system in which the safekeeping of the divine black body is not beneficial to its continuum. Thus impacting the character’s development. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Police brutality

acorn192k's review against another edition

dark 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, and Trafficking

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Transphobia

allysonw_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I listened to the audiobook of Nightcrawling and was thoroughly impressed by the narration work. It helped to breathe life into the character of Kiara. The story was written well, but it was hard to read hardship after hardship Kiara had to go through and the little respite she was given. I think the author is a talented writer and I would read her future work. I also applaud her for bringing attention to victims and survivors like Kiara, young Black women who often go overlooked. Going into this book, I thought it was going to lean more into true crime, and I was a little disappointed that I didn't get that. Although the ending was pretty realistic, it didn't feel that different from other books I've read about similar experiences with POC main characters, and I would've liked to see the author experiment with a different sort of ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, and Trafficking

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Self harm

crazytourists_books's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Δεν πρόκειται για αριστούργημα αλλά για ένα πολύ ενδιαφέρον πρώτο έργο μιας πολύ νέας συγγραφέως, που αφήνει υποσχέσεις για μεγάλα πράγματα στο μέλλον. 
Η Mottley προσπαθεί να θίξει πολύ σοβαρά θέματα: την αστυνομική βία και ασυδοσία, τη σεξουαλική βία και εκμετάλλευση, την ακραία φτώχεια, το να είσαι μαύρη, φτωχή γυναίκα στην Αμερική... Την παρασύρει όμως ο ενθουσιασμός της ηλικίας της και γίνεται υπερβολικά περιγραφική.
Θα περιμένω τα επόμενα συγγραφικά της βήματα με μεγάλο ενδιαφέρον!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Police brutality, and Grief