Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor

52 reviews

dogmp3's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Vomit, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Suicide, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Cursing, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Police brutality, Sexual content, Death, Drug use, and Rape

lowercase_a's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

4.5

O Verdadeiro Horror de Ser Latino-Americano

O brilhantismo de Fernanda Melchor floresce em meio aos canaviais e o sol impiedoso de La Matosa, pedaço de terra e de gente esquecida pelo resto do mundo, pelos oito capítulos mais atordoantes que já li, um testemunho da desgraça alheia que é nossa, e o que torna esse romace assombração não é a perpétua condenação das mulheres entre si ou as cenas gráficas do fatídico assassinato ou sentir o desfazer dos personagens na palma de nossas mãos pela falta de dinheiro, pela vergonha, pelo ódio, pelas drogas, pela faca, pelo abandono, pelos punhos, pela culpa, pela ostrisização, pelo abuso, pela ignorância mas, o que torna o horror latente, é a compreensão visceral de que por traz (senão pela frente) de toda cidade latino-americana existe La Matosa e que essa desgraça nunca foi alheia, essa desgraça toda é nossa e por traz de toda garganta colonizada guarda um grito igual a voz deste livro: atroz e sanguinária.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Bullying, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Hate crime, Homophobia, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Rape, Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Police brutality

marija99's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Murder, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

ghast's review against another edition

challenging sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Blood, Murder, Pedophilia, Homophobia, Torture, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Racism

Moderate: Pregnancy and Police brutality

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Animal death

torismazarine's review against another edition

dark tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Child abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Child death, Excrement, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Outing, Sexual assault, Torture, Abandonment, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Gun violence, Infertility, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Classism, Rape, Racism, Death, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

eldioslumin's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Violence, Transphobia, Torture, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Sexism, and Miscarriage

humdrum_ts's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Police brutality, Animal cruelty, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Child abuse, Homophobia, Medical trauma, and Sexual violence

ecandrews0's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Racism, Torture, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Sexual content, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Incest, Body shaming, Death, Homophobia, Sexism, Police brutality, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Pregnancy

motherofbears's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Written in stream of consciousness with shifting points of view. I felt like each character took a turn sitting down and telling their story while chain smoking and drinking. There are no reliable narrators, the story is told like a small town legend. Casually devastating at times. 

I would say this is a challenging read, especially for someone not used to the writing style, but also because of the subject matter. All the trigger warnings, really. 

It will stay with me for a while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Police brutality, Sexual content, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gore, Animal cruelty, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Sexual assault, Violence, Child death, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Pregnancy

meghansolo's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I hated every second of this book. Well written, but incredibly, incredibly dark. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Abortion, Addiction, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Death, Miscarriage, Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug use, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Racism