Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

342 reviews

michaelion's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Ever since this book came out all I've heard is people wahwahwah about the incest when there is a MUCH LARGER, MORE IMPORTANT THEME AND PLOT POINT to the story. AND!!! Emezi says the two books that inspired this one in the acknowledgements!!! They did the work for you and people still didn't get it!!!! You people make me sick. You lack media literacy, reading comprehension, AND critical thinking skills.

Akwaeke Emezi, the person that you are. You've done it yet again. I can't wait to read all their books. They are truly amazing.

In my notes I put Vivek was her grandma reincarnated. The grandma the baby. This may have been intentional but if it's not I'm saying it as fact!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Religious bigotry, Body horror, Blood, Incest, Child abuse, Death, Grief, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Colonisation, Dysphoria, Gore, Sexual assault, Deadnaming, Sexual content, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Rape, Gaslighting, Violence, Outing, Physical abuse, Biphobia, Mental illness, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Animal death

Minor: Murder, Confinement, Hate crime, Vomit, Miscarriage, and Abandonment

mirandyli's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

A beautiful story about transness and queerness in Nigeria. Very sad and will probably make you cry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Homophobia, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Incest, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Transphobia, Infertility, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, and Outing

katreena's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

From the very first page of this book I thought the writing was breathtakingly beautiful. My opinion on this never wavered as the author used such powerful imagery and expression of emotion.. I was very thrown off by the incest and the language around the relationship did not let that dynamic fall to be forgotten.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Mental illness, Homophobia, Grief, Death, Incest, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Minor: Blood

alaiyo0685's review against another edition

emotional sad

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

Moderate: Death and Blood

j9wan's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Confronting read, very well done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Homophobia, and Death

ramramyum's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Death, and Transphobia

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, and Infidelity

ljpaatan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Incest, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Homophobia and Suicidal thoughts

dreadspawn's review against another edition

dark emotional 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: Homophobia, Transphobia, Incest, Death, Sexual content, Infidelity, and Violence

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Animal death, and Hate crime

katewhite77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Wow, just wow 

This book tells the story of a tragedy. The clues in the name, but how did we get here?

Set in Nigeria, it tells the of a family through the eyes of two generations. The story has an interesting structure, and one I can't remember reading before in that we hear from 3 points of view, but  one of these is an omniscient narrator which allows us to zoom in and zoom out  all the time. 

Themes here include how changing social attitudes can manifest within families even in an oppressive society  Gender identity and what children can teach their parents 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Homophobia, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Violence, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Infidelity, Outing, and Transphobia

Minor: Islamophobia

hottamolly's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective fast-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

I can’t always explain why a book is a five star read to me, but something about Emezi’s writing style and this devastating and beautiful story really pulled me in. I loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Transphobia