Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

O Labirinto dos Espíritos by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

4 reviews

straykat1206's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Suicide, Terminal illness, Excrement, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

alicialexandr_a's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-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? Yes

3.25

I don’t think a single female character in the novel wasn’t sexualized, assaulted, or called a whore. The book was slow and at some points dragged. While the writing was beautiful, at some points if felt pretentious and convoluted. The last 200 pages of the book were fantastic, but I don’t know if I’d go through the other 600 to get to it again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Stalking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

scottishlindsay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

clarabooksit'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Drug abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer and War