Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

The Lagos Wife by Vanessa Walters

6 reviews

bluerskies's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Rape, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Mental illness, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

amberinpieces's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, Self harm, Slavery, Grief, Death, Rape, Blood, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

bookmaddie's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

Fine? Not very thrilling, honestly, and Claudia kind of annoyed me. I kind of wish it was just Nicole’s narration.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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

4.5

This was so good, it was like watching a soap opera! The high-level emotional drama, gossip, toxic relationships, and desire to save face over everything was absolutely thrilling.

The audiobook narrators also made the book, the two reflecting dual perspectives of Nicole and Claudine so well, and accent work and almost musical emphasis on the delivery of certain parts of the dialogue was phenomenal.

I hear this is going to be made into a tv series, which I definitely will be watching—this story will transition over so well to the screen in my opinion.

This book is for you if you:

• Enjoyed Wahala by Nikki May and are looking for more books set in Nigeria
• Want a thriller that tackles cultural merging, isolation, and dissonance
• Are looking for a book with a warm weather setting to match the summer reading season 

Thank you Netgalley & Simon & Schuster Canada for a gifted copy of this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Sexism, Sexual content, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Classism, Emotional abuse, Violence, Vomit, and Slavery

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Alcohol

heather667's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Body shaming, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Excrement, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Murder, and Rape

Minor: Deportation, Kidnapping, and Vomit

mysterymom40's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexism, Violence, Slavery, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Infidelity, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Self harm, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Murder, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Body shaming, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, and Vomit