Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

56 reviews

nappyreadjojoba's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Religious bigotry

bethcarmo21's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Toxic relationship

themessyannotator's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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

4.75

I had to read this book for a summer reading assignment and, as I usually don’t like the books I read for school, I wasn’t expecting to like this book either. It’s started off a little slow for the first few chapters but then it picked up and I could not put it down. I absolutely love this book and I cant exactly explain why but the writing is so beautiful, the narrative is so intriguing, and the overall story just pulls you in so much so that you forget you’re reading. I annotated this book like crazy because I just had so much to say and so many things I wanted to underline. 

To sum up, I definitely recommend to anyone 14+. This is an amazing, AMAZING novel so don’t hesitant to read it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Racism

leahcull45's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry

erenreads12's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

Anything by this author is an immediate win for me. Purple Hibiscus is intimate, beautiful and horrifying in a number of ways. I fell in love with the abused, anxious Kambili and vied for her to grow and become free of the torture she experiences - and just as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie can easily write characters you adore, she can write complex characters you can't help but despise. Unlike Half of a Yellow Sun I didn't see the plot twist coming at all, and it gave me a visceral physical reaction to read. But despite the terrible occurrences of this book, it is incredibly hopeful and relieving.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Grief and Murder

reyastray's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense 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

3.0

rating this is weird because i probably would’ve liked it a lot more if i hadn’t had to read it for school. as such, and because of me being in a reading slump i found it very slow and hard to read. i found myself reading pages and then not remembering anything that had happened. i also didn’t like the relationship between

ayaka and amadi

; that was just very uncomfy. i did like the overall themes of the book, i thought it was really well done, but i didn’t enjoy it very much for various reasons.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Violence