Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Kisscut by Karin Slaughter

3 reviews

lealovesbooks's review against another edition

dark

2.5

This one was rough. Probably would have skipped if I had read the trigger warnings first. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Cancer, Child death, Classism, Grief, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Bullying, Suicide attempt, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Alcoholism, Drug use, Incest, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Racism, Fatphobia, Gore, Lesbophobia, and Rape

notartgarfunkel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Child death, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Police brutality, Pedophilia, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical content, Suicide, Cancer, Gun violence, Rape, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Trafficking and Kidnapping

Minor: Fatphobia

tesssiob's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

The first book in the Grant County series was fucked up but fun. I hated Kisscut. I could rant for hours about how gross it is. I don’t know if the homophobic and anti-choice protagonists are a product of the time but I found it really disturbing in a book full of pedophilia and police brutality. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Police brutality, Trafficking, Child abuse, Incest, and Murder

Moderate: Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Body shaming, Cancer, and Child death