Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh

35 reviews

velvetssamu's review

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

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

4.0

took my heart and then ripped it to pieces 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Death of parent, Sexual assault, War, Police brutality, and Sexual violence

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Genocide, War, Child death, Torture, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Murder, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Confinement

hiraeth_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Grief, Gore, Death of parent, and Blood

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Child death

blakeandbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Genocide, Death, Police brutality, Mental illness, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gore, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, and War

Moderate: Torture and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

augie_'s review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Mental illness, Death of parent, War, Sexual assault, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Child death, Torture, Police brutality, Physical abuse, and Murder

mojjaroa's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense 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

Graphic: Child death, Death, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and War

sara_b_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Physical abuse, Rape, Vomit, Police brutality, Violence, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Murder, Medical content, and Death

cthulhussy's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, War, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Gun violence, and Police brutality

Moderate: Child death, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

eryn_gilbert's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Murder, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, Child death, Medical trauma, Mass/school shootings, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Blood, Violence, Torture, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Mental illness, Medical content, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

oddity123's review

reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

I had high hopes, but overly purple prose and too much “tell” instead of “show” about the characters thoughts did it in. Oh, and the romance. It did end up being important for plot, not it was written in that YA-kismet style that kind of made me gag. Interesting premise, good twist but not well written 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Child death, War, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Physical abuse, Grief, and Blood