Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

The Only One Left by Riley Sager

3 reviews

larareads's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Terminal illness, Confinement, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Police brutality and Homophobia

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Medical content, Police brutality, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Cursing, Mental illness, Alcohol, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Terminal illness, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Abandonment, Addiction, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Sexism, Alcoholism, Gore, Infidelity, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

librarymouse's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

This is an absolutely buck wild novel. It was very consumable and understandable in the moment, but once I tried to explain it to someone else, the twists take on such a startling depth of absurdity.

from what feels almost like a Gothic ghost story, to multiple cases of mistaken identity, to a house falling off a cliff, and the same man being guilty of the two deaths for which his daughter and the women she works as caregiver for are blamed, to a woman faking near full body paralysis and traum tic mutism for four decades, this novel is a rollercoaster from start to finish. I was not expecting the ending, though I did enjoy it. The image of Kit's father and Lenora holding hands in the foyer of the house where they both caused so much harm, as it collapsed into the sea, was unexpectedly vivid, poignant, and kind of funny.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Violence, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Gaslighting and Police brutality

Minor: Outing and Homophobia

police brutality and gaslighting tagged for the police mismanagement of both murder investigationa in the book and the harassment and ostracization faces by both women. Gaslighting also tagged for Virgina being forced to assume her sister's identity