Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

The Stranger Times by Caimh McDonnell, C.K. McDonnell

4 reviews

ophycore's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Racism, Xenophobia, Police brutality, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

tessamcevan's review against another edition

funny mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, Torture, Police brutality, Medical content, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

refrejarator's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

Very fun to read - comedy is definitely this author's forte.
Provided a spin on several fantasy creatures and myths - I'd love to learn more about this world! There's also a bunch of free short stories by C.K. available online which I'll definitely be reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Blood, and Police brutality

jemmabrown's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Gaslighting