Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Zikora by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

5 reviews

readingwithkaitlyn's review

emotional reflective fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Misogyny

Moderate: Grief, Abortion, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Death, Sexual content, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Excrement, Body horror, Religious bigotry, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Vomit, Blood, Racism, and Miscarriage

topherisswell's review

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Sexism

Minor: Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Miscarriage, Vomit, Abortion, and Sexual assault

agateg's review

challenging reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

 "Bear it, that is what it means to be a woman,” and it was years before I knew that girls took Buscopan for period pain.”
 
 When Zikora, a DC lawyer from Nigeria, tells her equally high-powered lover that she's pregnant, he abandons her. But it's Zikora's demanding, self-possessed mother, in town for the birth, who makes Zikora feel like a lonely little girl all over again. Shunned by the speed with which her ideal life fell apart, Zikora turns to reflect on her mother's painful past and struggle for dignity. Preparing for motherhood, Zikora begins to see more clearly what her own mother wants for her, for her new baby, and for herself.
 
 This was a short yet powerful story. It dives into the not-always-happy experiences of womanhood. I felt such deep sympathy for the main character because I would not be strong enough to bear a child in such circumstances. It was challenging to read because of the topic it discussed but I liked the author's writing style and how she decided to show this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Rape

Moderate: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Sexism

Minor: Vomit

thereaderfriend's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.0

"Some kindnesses you do not ever forget. You carry them to your grave, held warmly somewhere, brought up and savored from time to time."

'What was "normal" ? That Nature traded in unnecessary pain?'

"How you imagine something will always be is always worse than how it actually ends."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Vomit and Miscarriage

parkyparkpark's review

emotional informative sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion, Death of parent, Vomit, and Death