Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

15 reviews

the_lesbrarian's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.5

This was a really well done novella. Gailey created more empathetic, complex characters than many authors have accomplished with many more pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, and Transphobia

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Alcohol

throwback682's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.5

This book was fine. It didn’t blow me away. It was a little heavy handed or corny at times. Lots of queer and trans characters. A dystopian future that feels just like the Wild West. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Violence, Vomit, Transphobia, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Gun violence, Murder, Grief, Misogyny, Death, and Blood

Minor: Deadnaming

A character’s death by hanging is mentioned throughout

lanid's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Police brutality, Murder, Misogyny, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

saltycoffee's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Police brutality, Murder, Blood, Deadnaming, Grief, Gun violence, Death, and Vomit

Minor: War

elliottjunkyard's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Murder, Gun violence, Death, Police brutality, Violence, Homophobia, and War

thewoodlandbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Police brutality, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Death

michaelion's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.5

Save a horse, ride a lesbian!

Does a little too much for a book that's way too short. Despite this its very fun. Would I reread it? No. But I did have fun!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Hate crime, Trafficking, Lesbophobia, Police brutality, and Vomit

Minor: Outing and War

jenn_reads's review

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, and Police brutality

Moderate: Gun violence and Blood

Lynching

zilli's review

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Transphobia, Homophobia, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Police brutality, War, Vomit, Trafficking, Sexism, and Grief

Minor: Blood

eininthebird's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

De queer dystopian western waarvan ik niet wist dat ik hem nodig had 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Gun violence

Moderate: Body horror, Sexism, Police brutality, Misogyny, Homophobia, Hate crime, and Death