Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

The Broken Girls by Simone St. James

13 reviews

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Grief, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Medical content, Murder, Police brutality, Antisemitism, and Rape

Minor: Pregnancy and Suicide attempt

exlibrissum's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Murder, Police brutality, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child abuse, Grief, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, and Suicide attempt

matcha_cat's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Abandonment, and Antisemitism

Minor: Addiction, Infidelity, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Torture, Child death, Rape, Death, Hate crime, and Medical content

dalek_caan's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I found the plot of this book to be really well executed. I did not expect that it would have quite so many layers as it did, I really enjoyed this author's method of storytelling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Confinement, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Antisemitism, Gun violence, Child abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, and Mental illness

Minor: War and Violence

megwilli's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Police brutality

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Antisemitism

Minor: Miscarriage

alsndra's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

- Starts off slow, but the pace picks up almost half way through.
- I found the chapters set in the 1950s to be more interesting than the chapters set in 2014. This was because I wanted to know more about the girls than Fiona and her life. 
- I liked the elements of the paranormal, it definitely added some eeriness and mystery to the school setting.
- Wasn’t a fan of all the leads and names I had to keep up with and remember. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Grief, Police brutality, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault, Antisemitism, Rape, Death, and Drug use

beccam22's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Read this if you like:
🕰 Actually good dual timelines 
👯‍♀️ Close friend groups
🔪 who done it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Racism, Grief, Hate crime, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Death, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Eating disorder, and Classism

markedwithanm's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Child death

cassielaj's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I liked this. I love a ghost story that also exposes the horrors that exist among the living. The concept of Mary showing everyone their fears and horrors was very creepy and compelling, the back and forth between Fiona and the Idlewild girls kept me on my toes, and both of the mysteries had enough twists that I wasn’t always a step ahead. This book has a lot of emotion in it as well, which always improves a mystery in my opinion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Mental illness, Antisemitism, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Rape, War, and Violence

This book discusses the Holocaust and Nazi prison camps.

silene's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

The relationships between the characters are stunning. The girls’ friendship is beautiful and makes the story all the more heartbreaking and meaningful. The ghosts work perfectly with the storyline and don’t overshadow everything else. Mary Hand is not the scariest part of the story. The ending gave such perfect closure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Police brutality, and Sexual assault