Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan

4 reviews

iirreeaadd's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

This book was fine. It's core mystery was really solid and I liked the detective aspect of it a lot. The idea of altered carbon and no permanent death and how that would change society is an interesting concept that I enjoyed them digging into. The overall cyberpunkness of it was pretty great too, though it took me awhile to keep all the terms and slang straight. I did like how the cast was overall diverse as well, however the persistent male gaze-iness of it and hyper fixation on the prostitution side of the world was something that turned me off. The plot was also hard to follow at points and not all the characters actions seemed to make sense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Classism

ceeess's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? No

4.0

Engaging, creative, kept me guessing. Don't always enjoy mysteries but this was a good one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

catsy2022's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide and Police brutality

Minor: Child death, Abortion, and War

mar's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.5

terminal case of "she breasted boobily down the stairs" writing :| honestly if u ever think abt reading this book just watch the Netflix show instead i promise you won't miss out on anything and you'll have more fun too

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse

violence against sex workers in particular is a major recurring theme in the book