Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

111 reviews

hannakutlu's review

emotional reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

kaneebli's review

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

lanid's review

emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Minor: Racism and Police brutality

ebassin713's review

challenging dark emotional slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Miscarriage

sleepyhead3's review

emotional tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Miscarriage

nadia's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-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

4.0

My first Adichie novel, and her first! A very good, tough read. I liked the writing here. It's straightforward and simple, in the best way, while effectively relaying super heavy, emotional content. 

I think I was expecting a little something more from it. What exactly I can't put my finger on! Maybe the scenarios felt a little repetitive at times, but then again, given the subject matter...that's how those things sadly go! Ultimately, the key relationships in the book are not scenarios that I typically enjoy reading about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

digitaure's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Violence

laurahuntley0's review

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Miscarriage

hippiequeen's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I loved the complexity of Kambili's character, being torn between loving her father and acknowledging the difference between her own life and her cousins'. This was a powerful story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Violence, and Religious bigotry

rory1387's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, and Grief

Minor: Murder