Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

4 reviews

woodsymel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Murder, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Abandonment, Torture, Medical content, Grief, Classism, Death, Colonisation, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Death of parent, Confinement, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Infidelity, and Alcoholism

enbae's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

When I started reading "the invention of wings" I expected something totally different, but now it was the exact right book for me. Especially finding out how many people from this book really existed inspired and thrilled me. I had never heard of the Grimké-sisters and their doing before - as many great women who's stories get left out of our history classes - and I'm still absolutely stunned!!!
A must-read for so many (white) people who can't imagine the cruel reality of slavery.

!!!But also huge trigger warnings: this book deals with topics as slavery, rassism, sexism, torture and even execution! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Death, Torture, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Racism, Sexism, Trafficking, Misogyny, Slavery, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief and Alcohol

Execution

onyxx's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective medium-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

4.75

  Z początku nastawiłam się na to że "Czarne skrzydła" będą opowiadać bardziej o niewolnikach samych w sobie. Czułam, że części z Szelmą są krótsze. To historia Sary oraz jej siostry była bardziej opisana. Po przeczytaniu notki od autora zrozumiałam dlaczego.
 Emocjonalna, piekna historia, która na dlugo zapadnie mi w pamięć.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Colonisation, and Slavery

Moderate: Hate crime, Police brutality, Physical abuse, and Torture

reddeddy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad slow-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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Murder, Hate crime, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Death, Sexism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Trafficking

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Body horror, Colonisation, and Infidelity

Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual content, Ableism, Xenophobia, Cursing, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Bullying, Drug use, and Sexual harassment