Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Wayward Pines. I osa by Blake Crouch

12 reviews

faithsbookreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

clarke's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

I found this boring and slow paced, the ending was so unsatisfying, Ethan is an entitled prick, and I'm learning that all Blake Crouch's books are vaguely the same.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Torture, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

brittneyn125's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Gaslighting

fkshg8465's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Crouch is one of my favorite writers. Have loved every book I’ve read by him. This is the first one that scared me to the deepest parts of my brain on multiple levels. When it was made for TV, I was too scared to watch it, not knowing it was based on one of his books. Will certainly watch it now. And will immediately be reading book two!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and War

chris_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Trafficking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Xenophobia, Blood, Car accident, and War

jdhauk's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Violence, Police brutality, and War

zosiablue's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-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've seen the TV version of this a couple of times through and thought it was finally time to read the books. It's such a thrilling weird sci-fi story and the payoff at the end of this first one is SO GOOD. You just don't see it coming and it gives you that same Planet of the Apes / Twin Peaks unsettling-oh-shit vibe. Drags uh some parts like the show but really really fun. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Torture, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, and War

saltycoffee's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

delaneybull's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, and Car accident

midwichtriffid's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail