Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

399 reviews

egg_apologist's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, and Dysphoria

nel0nen's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Car accident

Minor: Death and Lesbophobia

sproinkly's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Car accident

kquixotic's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

The more you turn off your logic brain and immerse yourself in the prose and the worlds of this story, the more you will appreciate its meaning.

carolinebl's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

This book ebbed and flowed. The narration by Emezi herself was brilliant; this book was made to be spoken authentically. At times I was so gripped, and at others it was just too abstract. I’m not sure how to feel about the end, but I did

appreciate the presentation of Jesus more in the novel’s final portion.

A refreshing read, though heavy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

hazelbynature's review against another edition

Enjoyed the premise and read 14–39% in one day, but then found I just couldn’t bring myself to pick it back up again over the following week.
It had a very negative tone, with no sign/hope of things improving for the human character. Very detached narrative voice, with lots of foreshadowing for things to get worse without any sign they’d improve.
Due to detachment of narrative voice, struggled to be emotionally invested in the human character.
Didn’t feel like there was really an overarching plot, just following the human character’s life as they lived it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

acorny's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

morgasm's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

Deeply triggering but deeply impactful. The author overlaps spirituality and “individual” identity in a dark, poetic, perfect way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Self harm

Moderate: Rape and Dysphoria

ieemee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective 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

An absolutely stunning read.
The way the author looks at non-binary and interweaves that with African mythology is amazing. This book is ideal for anyone who struggles to love themselves at times. The book looks at a world that is ready to exploit the most vulnerable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Abortion

frankieclc's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment