Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Vivek Ojin kuolema by Akwaeke Emezi

70 reviews

cass_lit's review against another edition

3.5

This was beautifully written and I was here for all of it except for

the incest

. I just couldn’t get behind that relationship, and it’s a fairly important part of the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

elmasbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Deadnaming, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Physical abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Outing, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Violence, Sexual violence, and Rape

kaitisbooknook's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Death

Moderate: Transphobia and Homophobia

Minor: Sexual assault

historianvik's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-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? Yes

4.25

I liked this book because it's different than what I usually read. I was continuously thinking about the characters and the challenges they faced. Definitely an impactful book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Incest and Homophobia

jennifercrowe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Incest, and Transphobia

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent

krys_kilz'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? Yes

5.0

A haunting and heartbreaking read that had me crying through the final pages. The interwoven narratives and subplots were expertly crafted and the way everything ties together in the end was just stunning.

The sections about Vivek's relationship with his/her mother, Kavita, cracked me open, especially the closing scene with his/her grave marker. I loved the threads of magical realism subtly threaded throughout and the linking of reincarnation with trans/gender-variant experiences. And the final chapter was just perfect, absolutely perfect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Incest, and Transphobia

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Minor: Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Deadnaming

egg_cup's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

this book chewed me up and spat me out like a pomegranate seed I cried so hard during the last quarter of this book my eyes were sore and I had to lie silently and stare at the ceiling after I was finished for a while no thoughts head empty reduced to just an absolute shell of a human. 

Vivek I love you; Akwaeke Emezi it is ON SIGHT.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Mental illness, Incest, Grief, Violence, Sexual content, Homophobia, and Death

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Murder, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Ableism, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Hate crime

looloolex's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Sexual content, Incest, Violence, and Sexual assault

agustdefault's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

I absolutely love the writing style of this author. def a new must read. this is the kind of book that will stay with me for a long time. 

okay. it would have been 5 stars if it wasnt for the incest plotline. however, i love everything wlse about this book. it was such a hard read but truly rewarding. what i have thought about most since the ending is the way nnemdi died. it is expected to be a hate crime and while it is clearly a good thing she did not get attacked, the ending confuses me. the way she dies is so simple and insignificant to her life. it feels unnatural that she would die in such a mundane manner when her life was so full of controversy. but perhaps this was intentional? a death that is so normal, that could happen to anyone. a death that is not unique to her because her life did not warrant a violent end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Death, Transphobia, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Infidelity, Animal death, Sexual assault, Hate crime, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Deadnaming, and Religious bigotry

penofpossibilities's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Violence, Animal cruelty, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Moderate: Eating disorder and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Miscarriage, Infertility, Rape, War, and Vomit