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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

psistillreadyou's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent, Homophobia, Misogyny, Mental illness, Abortion, and Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy

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

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? Yes

4.0

As usual, Zoboi has created a thought-provoking story that will stay with you when you finish it. It's about race, it's about questioning how you were raised, and it's about finding your own voice. I will be honest, this is tagged as historical fiction in a few places, so I spent a good portion of the beginning trying to figure out the time period of this book. As far as I can tell, it seems to be present day? Unless anyone has any other insight on that!

Anyway, Nigeria's story is messy, she's learning new things about herself and her family and trying to act on her mother's wishes despite what her father wants for her. There is a twist towards the end that I did see coming, but I think it's still impactful despite that. There's just a lot of a meat to this story, and it's one that is still relevant to the current United States.

Other than the timeline issue, I did enjoy listening to this and think it will get some buzz when it comes time for awards season!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Alcohol