Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

This Other Eden by Paul Harding

4 reviews

tatitatetats's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

1.0

Longwinded with pauses of poetry. The author's abhorrent disregard for the history of his inspiration leaves the book feeling shallow and hollow, but worst of all deeply disrespectful to the island, it's people and their descendants.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Racism, and Police brutality

Minor: Incest, Rape, Suicide attempt, and Murder

emily_koopmann's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, and Classism

Minor: Incest

emjbarnes's review

challenging emotional reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Deportation

Moderate: Death, Incest, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Child death, and Rape

r_o_s_e's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Racism, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, and Pregnancy