Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

64 reviews

siriface's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, and Emotional abuse

Religious trama, psychological abuse, manipulation,

paulamarie1468's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Death, Miscarriage, and Religious bigotry

poppyhelen_'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

rrsilel's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

A truly fantastic book that brought me to tears many many times. Following Kambilis journey through life showed me a whole new perspective on life, family and religion and I loved every second of it. Definitely have a love-hate relationship with this tragic, well-written story. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Miscarriage, Violence, and Religious bigotry

flowerowl's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Panic attacks/disorders

lydiature_'s review against another edition

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, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

alec_may's review against another edition

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

helizabug's review against another edition

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

Beautiful, painful story.

bookycnidaria's review against another edition

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: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Child abuse, Child death, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse

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, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, and Death of parent