Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks

41 reviews

stephf27's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, and Police brutality

elviraqc's review

dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death and Police brutality

sakisreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful slow-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

Anything that has testimonials from Bernadine Evaristo AND Caleb Azumah Nelson has to be read 👏🏼

So glad I picked this one up at the library 📚 It took me a while to get through

and Moose’s death had me GRIEVING 😫

but every time I picked it up I kept going and loving it 🥹

I am SO glad we escaped Monassa AND THEN fucked him up too 🫠 I was initially excited because he seemed charming, but as Yamaye got bamboozled by him I realised that was my anxious attachment style saying ‘But he’s a nice man’ 🙊 Never again. Fuck him!

Yamaye was such a fantastic narrator and I felt like I could visualise everything that was going on throughout the years. I felt many of the excitements and nerves she felt!

4 out of 5 stars, thank you so much ✨ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Stalking, and Death of parent

loesm's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Rape, and Police brutality

jankavdm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This book made me think a lot about my life. I reflected on what I truly want, and it was inspiring to see the character take an active role in her life after being mostly influenced by her comfortable friends.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body horror, Police brutality, and Colonisation

Minor: Car accident

cmcmullan's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexual assault, and Police brutality

flashandoutbreak's review

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

filuipa's review against another edition

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

4.0

i feel like it was privilege to read this book and get a glimpse of the black community and dub world of London in late 70s, which has led to some youtube trips to listen to the music genres mentioned to understand the picture better, especially how heavily the plot involves music. The last 20 pages were not my favourite ending at all, I could think of so many satisfying, some less pleasant, endings but considering how close this is to the author's experience it's not my story to change.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

biddibee's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I think this was a really good book, and see how it could be 5 stars for some people, but not for me. There were aspects that I loved - the music, the otherworldly, but I found that the book didn't really hold my attention. 

One thing that was odd god me was how quickly her re ationship developed with Moose without us seeing it. When he died I didn't really understand why she was *so* broken. Of course losing a partner would kill anyone but all the talk of their futures seemed odd to me because I didn't get the impression it was that serious.

I don't think relationships were written too well in general because I really wasn't impacted by any of them. I'd have loved the Irish traveller character to have nbe explored more.

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Content Warnings

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

koenjanssen's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Police brutality