Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

147 reviews

will_meringue's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Somewhere, you see, in the river of time, I am already alive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Incest, and Transphobia

Moderate: Sexual assault

discarded_dust_jacket's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

This book ripped me open. I can’t even put into words the effect it had on me. I read it in one sitting and completely lost track of time, it was that captivating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Incest, Infidelity, Homophobia, Death, and Transphobia

Moderate: Infertility, Religious bigotry, Rape, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Bullying

blackcatkai's review

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

CW: sexual assault, death, violence, trans/homophobia, sexual content, infidelity, grief, religious bigotry/xenophobia, abuse, animal death, ableism, sexism

this is such a heartbreaking & difficult story about grief as well as sexual & gender identity. Emezi's writing is outstanding.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Violence, Transphobia, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Hate crime, Murder, Religious bigotry, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Ableism, and Toxic relationship

candacealise's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Death

Moderate: Homophobia and Infidelity

Minor: Infertility

hilarylouise's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Transphobia, Blood, Child death, Homophobia, and Death

Moderate: Violence and Sexual content

Minor: Infertility and Infidelity

scrubsandbooks's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Homophobia, Death, and Transphobia

Moderate: Infidelity

micalyia's review against another edition

emotional fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

Truly masterful writing.

I did have a question surrounding the subjects of the romance and why the author chose to write them the way they did. The research didn’t make me feel any more comfortable and as such, though I wanted to root for them ultimately I couldn’t bring myself to. 

Check trigger and content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Violence, and Transphobia

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Infertility

morganperks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

5.0

did not appreciate the emotions this book made me feel. I was crying by the end (when am I not tho?)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Outing, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Medical content, Self harm, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Suicide, Torture, Alcoholism, Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Lesbophobia, War, Death of parent, Transphobia, Incest, Mental illness, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Child abuse, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Religious bigotry, Deadnaming, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Sexism

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Blood and Drug use

ktkeps's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Sexual content, Grief, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Bullying, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Death, Deadnaming, Incest, and Infidelity

nytephoenyx's review

reflective sad 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

4.0

The Death of Vivek Oji is a heartbreaking book. It was also the perfect book to read through Transgender Awareness Week and Remembrance Day. It's far too easy to dismiss the transphobia that runs rampant in the world. Vivek/Nnemdi's story - mirroring parts of Akwaeke Emezi's experience - tells of the painful stages of discovery of one's identity in a world that would deny her the truth of her identity and would kill her for it.

There's a single sticking point though. Most this book is wonderful, but there's some strong, graphic, repeated, unopposed incest. If not for that, I'd give the book five stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Incest, Alcohol, and Deadnaming

Moderate: Transphobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

Minor: Animal death, Hate crime, and Murder