Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré

131 reviews

bendercath's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.5

Such powerful storytelling! I listened to the audiobook and was quickly immersed in Adunni’s journey … sad and despondent at times yet she somehow found hope at every turn. While many difficult things happen to Adunni, her path was intersected by people who were kind and drawn into Adunni’s goodness. I  grieve for the young girls in our world who are not as fortunate.
I am grateful to have Adunni’s story in my heart. I will not forget her!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Death of parent, and Sexual violence

jessalex610's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Initial reaction: I love the message of the story. And I was really rooting for Adunni and her resilient spirit.  But I had some problems with the pacing, especially towards the end. I feel like we could’ve gotten so much more out of Adunni’s character development and especially with Miss Tia’s relationship but I feel like it was paced too quickly. It made a very beautiful, liberating relationship just seem very forced and confusing. basically as soon as we transition from Ikati to Lagos, the Lagos portion just felt…off. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Child abuse, Trafficking, and Sexual harassment

stacyaj's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Trafficking, Child abuse, and Rape

lcg527's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Violence, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, and Death

rworrall78's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative 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? It's complicated

4.75

Beautiful, such wonderful language and such a lovable main character. I adored this book. I listen to the audiobook and the narration was excellent.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Trafficking, Rape, Slavery, Violence, and Child abuse

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Infertility, Slavery, Rape, Trafficking, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Pedophilia, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Violence

emco_0's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Trafficking, Violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexism, Death of parent, and Excrement

Minor: Abortion

helhas3letters's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Rape

Moderate: Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Classism, and Abortion

Minor: Chronic illness, Vomit, Blood, Terminal illness, and Animal death

dreamofbookspines's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

Uplifting but in flashes shot through what is a sad story of continual abuse and neglect. Adunni is dedicated to getting an education and will stop at nothing, which makes her an admirable heroine for young readers. It's written in dialect, which I found a bit challenging BUT that is not meant as a criticism of the author or Daré's use of dialect; it made the story much richer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Slavery, and Trafficking

smkelly1997's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

4.5

Overall, a really good book with beautiful writing. However at ti es it often felt slow. The ending was magic though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Classism, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Slavery, Bullying, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Misogyny, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Rape