Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré

112 reviews

matchai's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Infertility, Pregnancy, Sexism, Pedophilia, Rape, Classism, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Death, Violence, Death of parent, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Misogyny

sanajaved's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Rape, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Violence

frogggirl2's review against another edition

dark inspiring sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

The narrative voice is so authentic and unique that it's easy to connect to the character and the place.  The misuse of English vocabulary leads to creative, evocative new combinations and creates new context for words which are consistently surprising.

This was a hard read for me because child marriages are pedophilia and this is something that I feel passionate about.  Female children being forced into sexual slavery is something that people are not upset about enough.

How language and education does not determine her value or represent her drive is a powerful message that resonates throughout her many hardships.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

absolute_bookery's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

A very impactful and inspirational story about Nigeria. The dialect threw me to start with but I thought overall it was beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

lpeterson's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Abandonment, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

jasmijn's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

4.5

Oh Adunni, what a beautiful, painful story about a courageous young girl who just wants to get an education, become a teacher, and have a "louding voice". 

 Beautifully and masterfully translated to Dutch by Aarjan and Thijs van Nimwegen, which really deserves a mention: the main character speaks her own version of English, then translated to Dutch, which the translators managed to convey without becoming too stigmatising or annoying to read. Highly recommended. 

Adunni is admirable for her optimism and determination and carries through every event with courage, but a lot of bad things happen to her and those around her. Check the trigger warnings if you think you may not be up for this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Domestic abuse, Death, Grief, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Death of parent and Trafficking

Minor: Alcoholism, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Infidelity

franklola's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Trafficking, Violence, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Rape, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Sexual violence

Minor: Blood, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Miscarriage

hannah_solly17's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

stacy_85's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

blkunicorn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship