Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard

4 reviews

ladybug12793's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-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? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. It was good in a way that made me hate some of the main  characters but that’s what made it more realistic. I’m tired of heroines and heroes being displayed as absolutely perfect. They are literally murdering people. This is a 17-year-old child pushed into horrible circumstances. How do people expect she should act? Did some of her actions and others annoy me to no end? Yes, but that makes it more like real life. She’s a child just trying to save people while navigating or, more accurately, avoiding her trauma. 

0 🌶️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Police brutality, and War

Minor: Forced institutionalization

rosenau's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

emmaopaline's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and War

readwithde's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

This book was both exactly what I wanted and completely unexpected at the same time. It both holds up the tropes of the genre while subverting them in the best ways.

I honestly can't believe all that happened in this book; the writing is so immersive, but also very tight -- so much is conveyed in concise and simple lines. Every page packed a punch; every new chapter came with new conflict, new missions, new obstacles, but it never felt overdone or like too much was happening. The tension and pacing kept me obsessed and invested. 

I was expecting someone to die, but my guess was wrong.

I also expected Mare to end up in Maven's grasp again, but I was not prepared for how that happened.

I thought there would be a bit more romance between Mare and Cal, but their relationship would have felt unnatural if it had been pushed anymore in the narrative; they are still both processing and dealing with a lot in a short amount of time. 

I am so excited for the rest of this series; I am completely hooked!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, and War