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selimhannah's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Vomit, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, War, Classism, Blood, Sexual assault, Grief, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Genocide, Death, Child death, and Child abuse
Moderate: Incest, Kidnapping, Colonisation, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Abortion, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Drug use, Alcoholism, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Sexism, Infidelity, Infertility, Excrement, Animal death, and Addiction
nannahnannah's review against another edition
Representation:
- almost every character is Nigerian
I got to page 203 when I got an uncomfortable feeling from the description, “[his] voice was unmistakable; it was vibrantly male …” and had to look Adichie up. Sure enough, this is the transphobic author who, among things like bullying a trans author under her mentorship, approved of Rowling’s "TERF Manifesto”.
I thought I had deleted all her books from my to-read list, but I must have missed this one. Stopping here doesn’t make me upset; I disliked most of the characters in this book and only didn’t mind the rest.
I’d much rather read someone else’s work.
Moderate: Misogyny and Sexual assault
Minor: Fatphobia and Incest
aislinn_mcd_harrison's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Murder, War, Violence, Sexual violence, and Rape
Moderate: Alcoholism
Minor: Infertility and Incest
gabrielad's review against another edition
- 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? No
5.0
Graphic: Death, Child death, War, and Violence
Moderate: Blood, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, and Hate crime
Minor: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Racism, Misogyny, and Incest