Reviews tagging 'Murder'

En halv gul sol by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

35 reviews

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Genocide, Vomit, Sexual assault, Rape, War, Murder, Infidelity, and Infertility

amgarrido's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I have no words - I have been trying to think of a review that will do this book justice in the two months or so since I finished reading it but can’t.

I continue to be equal parts devastated and enamoured.

I strongly recommend you watch Chimamanda’s interviews about ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ on YouTube if you’d like some additional context, or want to understand how her family’s reality enmeshed with creative licence and imagination to create this novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Violence, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Rape, Grief, Murder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, Genocide, Sexual assault, War, and Death of parent

sammelito's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

Interesting book, shedding light on a part of history I was unaware of, as well as giving insight into a culture foreign to me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Rape

Moderate: Murder, Terminal illness, and Racism

eelizard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Murder, Deportation, Genocide, Gun violence, Classism, Death, Child death, Confinement, Police brutality, Violence, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Blood

clairet386's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, and War

Moderate: Murder, Sexual content, Child death, Grief, and Genocide

betag1013's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Colonisation, War, Abortion, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Animal death, Gore, Infertility, Rape, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Medical content, Pedophilia, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Confinement, Sexism, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Racism, Child death, Classism, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

mimio_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Blood, Death, Genocide, Murder, Violence, War, Alcohol, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Torture

jj_99's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Death, Grief, Animal death, Child death, Rape, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Racism, War, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Murder, Violence, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcoholism, Classism, and Colonisation

bethtrigg's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and War

hannah_lou's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Genocide, Sexual assault, Sexual content, War, Cursing, Death of parent, Excrement, Gore, Infidelity, Murder, Violence, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Grief, Pregnancy, Rape, and Vomit

Minor: Alcoholism