Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

91 reviews

lydiature_'s review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

it was pretty good! the writing was vivid and atmospheric, but it was a little tedious sometimes. i felt like something was missing. kambili was a good main character but i feel like she was a little too removed from scenes. it could have been a trauma response due to her abusive father. i really wish that the book explored the relationship between kambili, jaja, and their mom more since they were each abused by the father. it was very surface level, especially when you consider what jaja did for their mom at the end.

other than those things, i really liked the book. it served as a good conversation starter about corrupt governments, religious trauma, the effects of colonialism (regarding the religious aspects), immigration, and abuse. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

alec_may's review

dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Classism

helizabug's review

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Painful, enlightening, and smoothly written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Beautiful, painful story.

bookycnidaria's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

ella7211's review

dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Murder

ikejnat's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexism, and Death of parent

Minor: Murder

meganjjang's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

pinkalpaca's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Violence, and Religious bigotry

eggpotato's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Colonisation

kajsaslibrary's review

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation