Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Avatar: The Last Airbender - Suki, Alone by Faith Erin Hicks

5 reviews

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, War, Confinement, Police brutality, and Abandonment

rainbowrocky's review

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Confinement

Moderate: Violence and Xenophobia

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Police brutality, and Kidnapping

regardsrachel's review

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

This first entry into the comic book / graphic novel series around Avatar: The Last Airbender was good but not great. The story did not really add anything new to the plot that is already shown in the show other than Avatar Kiyoshi coming to Suki who is not an avatar. I'm not sure if it was always clear that Avatar Kyoshi would come to other members of the world in the show and not just the current avatar. Outside of that, the story was good. You got to learn more about Suki as a person and the nature of who she is through her childhood. Suki really depends on her friendships and connections as a way of creating a sense of self as well as a sense of safety wherever she is. 

Children who are the intended audience for this work learn important lessons about how trust is complex, especially with a person who you consider a friend. Because someone is considered a friend doesn’t necessarily mean that they are trustworthy.  People can be friendly with you but are not necessarily people who will be trustworthy friends. I think those lessons were done well in the story and done in an age-appropriate way that did not depend upon good/evil and good/bad dichotomies to demonstrate that lesson. Unfortunately, as an older reader who's wanting to have the world expanded, I can only give this book three stars honestly.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement and Police brutality

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

5.0

I love discovering Avatar comics I haven't read yet. This was a fun look at some of Suki's past, as well as what happened while she was in The Boiling Rock before the escape.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Toxic friendship, and Police brutality

Betrayal

lucyselim's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, War, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping