Reviews tagging 'Cultural appropriation'

Nigeria Jones by Ibi Zoboi

6 reviews

achay91's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Racism, Drug use, Grief, Sexism, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual content, Abortion, Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Medical content, and Police brutality

destinied's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Grief, and Cultural appropriation

bujoxbooked's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective tense 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

4.0

Initial thoughts after finishing the book:

 
1) Baby girl really needed to go to therapy to have a safe place to be herself, talk about her mother's death and continuing to see her, and her life in the community
2) I expected a bigger reaction from Baba because she ran away with her stuff to Sage and KD's house and was just able to stay there for 3 weeks without issue? Like that makes no sense after the fight that he put up the whole time. I get that he was talking to his sister during that time, but still.
3) Baba sounded like such a horrible man from Nigeria's perspective and how he just kept sucking people into his society.
4) So if Nigeria's mom did not have Freedom because of her husband wanting an army of kids, she might have lived. Oooof I can't even imagine the resentment, but the author did not go down that path probably for good reason.
5)I like how the book ended with the 'next" generation after Nigeria (unsure how to spell her chosen name) taking over.

Overall, I'll go with 4 stars! After a while the book seemed to repeat the same thing over and over in regards to Nigeria's mom being a ghost, Nigeria's father being against her wanting to go to Philly Friends school.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Misogyny

Minor: Abortion and Cultural appropriation

bookcaptivated's review

challenging emotional hopeful 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Grief, and Sexism

Moderate: Racism, Abandonment, Death of parent, Alcohol, Homophobia, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Medical content, Sexual content, Abortion, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Blood, Classism, and Colonisation

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

In a lot of ways, I feel like this book was written for me. I notice a lot of similarities between myself and the protagonist. I thought the narrative had a lot of heart and the author did a good job of communicating Nigeria's internal struggle. 

One thing I didn't love was

the twist at the end with the protagonist's mother being dead the whole time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Racism, Blood, Grief, Sexism, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Death

Moderate: Medical trauma, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Sexual content, Slavery, Abandonment, Classism, Medical content, Colonisation, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Abortion, Miscarriage, Vomit, Cultural appropriation, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, and Bullying

raethereviewer's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective

• 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

5.0

This book is a masterpiece and I am currently wiping away my tears. It perfectly encapsulates the struggles of being a Black girl revolutionary in a space that ignores intersectionality and continues to subscribe to patriarchy despite calls for liberation. It addresses so many pressing issues like bodily autonomy, intersectionality, and navigating relationships. If I had this book back in high school, I could’ve been having these conversations a LOT sooner. I love this!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Abortion and Cultural appropriation