Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

We Are Not Like Them by Jo Piazza, Christine Pride

4 reviews

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

This story provided me with a perspective I’ve never had before. Having always been on the side of the victim, I’ve never considered the humanity, the families, the complexity of an officer shooting an unarmed Black person. In so many cases, there is little room for debate about the officer’s actions but this book showed that in some situations there can be nuance. Mistakes happen. People fuck up. And while there still have to be consequences for those errors, do they need to be as harsh as the consequences for officers that mow down Black and brown people with little impunity, because they see themselves as the arbiter of the law, rather than someone who is supposed to make arrests and let the courts determine guilt? I don’t have the answers after having read this book. But I can see the complexity of these situations in ways I never could before, and I can see the humanity in everyone involved, and I can feel empathy for all of the people impacted. This book was so powerful. It’s beautifully written and it encapsulates all the sides of such a situation with a directness and depth that hasn’t been done before. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Classism

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

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

cdoubet's review

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

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

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