Reviews tagging 'Death'

We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride, Jo Piazza

29 reviews

guardianofthebookshelf's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Child death, Death, Pregnancy, Police brutality, and Gun violence

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Alcohol, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Pregnancy, Grief, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Slavery

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

i really disliked this. i can see what the authors were trying to do, but this just feels like a cheap caricature of police brutality. in the end, it feels like they are supporting it and trying to have us agree.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

lindsayerin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Police brutality, Gun violence, Racism, Pregnancy, and Child death

Moderate: Grief

cdoubet's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Pregnancy, Violence, Cursing, Death, Grief, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Hate crime, Police brutality, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Body horror, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Drug use, and Blood

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

christinabijou's review against another edition

reflective 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? It's complicated

2.75

This book feels a bit gimmicky to me.. It just seems so forced. The plot, the scenes, the characters, and the  monologues all seem carefully curated.  Because of that, it’s hard to get connected with the characters or the storyline.

The conclusions of Riley’s, Jen’s,  and Tamara’s storylines really emphasize that “curated” feeling. Honestly, the endings wrapped up too seamlessly given the circumstances. And the book just didn’t feel authentic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality

Moderate: Violence and Death

saliwali's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Infertility, Medical trauma, Murder, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, and Cursing

sakisreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-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

Firstly, I commend Christine Pride and Jo Piazza for writing what about must be one of the most challenging conversational topics ever: police brutality and race. As an Asian POC who has had many awkward conversations about race, I can’t imagine this was a quick project 😳
The authors answer questions at the end as well, and there’s obviously SO much appreciation and love in this friendship, that you can really appreciate the nuance this book had to have. 

In saying that, however, there were times when I felt that the ‘nuance’ didn’t cut it.

Yes, Kevin went through some tough times having to essentially throw Tyler Cameron under the bus and yes, all of the police force including members of his family stopped talking to him which would have been immensely painful, but this still felt like a bit of a ‘🤷🏻‍♀️’ moment. I also wish Riley would have gone in harder on Jen, but maybe that’s just me feeling a bit spoiled 🙈

A lot to think about with this book. Hard to read at times, due to its difficult nature, but also sometimes not as well written as I had hoped it would be 🥲 

I’m also still mad that Riley tried to make things work with Corey. I was rooting for Wes 🫠

I am going king to recommend it to my best friends so we can have more of this kind of conversation 👏🏼

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Death, Gun violence, and Classism

minty_3's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Child death, Death, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Gun violence and Child abuse

Minor: Excrement

nelsvy's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

I almost gave up on this book at first. I personally found it really slow in getting started and I felt like I wasn't going to enjoy it. However, as the story progressed I found myself getting more and more invested in the plot, the characters and the story as a whole. As I approached the end I could barely bring myself to put the book down to go to bed.
This book did a great job at highlighting character flaws and yet never alienating the reader. Overall a great read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Murder, Grief, Pregnancy, and Gun violence

Moderate: Racial slurs, Miscarriage, Infertility, and Medical content