Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

En halv gul sol by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

57 reviews

brogan7's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and War

Very graphic rape scene

aseel_reads's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense 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

4.5

this book is haunting. i am so glad it exists, the story needs to be told but i definitely don't feel comfortable rating it. the only thing i can say is that the writing was phenenomal, just completely captivating, it didn't feel like you were reading at all. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Police brutality, Blood, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, War, Vomit, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Colonisation, and Genocide

rbacon's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

This is very literary and I feel like that style made it longer for me when reading it. However the content and topics covered are so interesting and hard hitting, particularly reminding the Western world and Britain of our history actually being pretty shady since forever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Racism, Sexual assault, Gore, Grief, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Torture, War, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, and Excrement

rchristine11's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

2.5

I would not recommend this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, War, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Gun violence, Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Gore, Child death, Classism, Racism, Sexual harassment, and Infidelity

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Animal death and Abortion

perfectphlaws's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

It was a well written book, but reminded me why I don't usually stray too far from romance. So much rape. War is ugly indeed, maybe I'll just read about it in the news rather than rehashing past horrors. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexism, War, Vomit, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Infertility, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Blood, and Chronic illness

shiran_fa's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity, Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, and Chronic illness

dilara2912w's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, War, Gore, Child death, Death, Murder, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body horror, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Blood, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Racism, Violence, and Vomit

ttrummel's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Colonisation, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and War

gitongas23's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

Amazing book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Sexual assault

mariahjaved's review against another edition

dark informative reflective 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

4.25

It was Brutal and Morbid but so beautifully written. Adichie’s writing always draws you in with such a strong force. The character development was brilliant and the descriptive nature of Adichie’s writing alwayd manages to leave me awestruck and well immersed into her books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, and War