Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor

19 reviews

mxpringle's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

2.5

I really wanted to love this book, and I had really high expectations, but it just fell a little flat for me. I felt like the first third of the book really gripped me, but after a certain point it just felt like the same sequence of events were being taking place, just with different audiences each time. However, I do really appreciate the political and social commentary that this book added that made it much more complex than simply an alien invasion story in Lagos.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, and Rape

cookiecat73's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Body horror, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Chronic illness, Confinement, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Blood, Sexism, and Animal death

Moderate: Vomit, Car accident, Child abuse, Drug use, Islamophobia, Outing, Racism, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Colonisation and Death of parent

scytheria's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Murder, Homophobia, Rape, Gun violence, Terminal illness, War, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Slavery and Infidelity

gilnean's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Death, Hate crime, Murder, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Body horror, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, and Blood

Moderate: Rape, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Child death, and Cursing

Minor: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, Death of parent, Car accident, Infidelity, Alcohol, Child abuse, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Racism, Xenophobia, Animal death, Physical abuse, and Excrement

_lostinthetrees's review against another edition

This is a book I have to turn into the library that eventually I would like to finish, but I'm just not in the mood for at the moment, partially because of the content warnings I mentioned below. The premise, outside of those things that are included, make for an interesting read. I will update when I actually finish the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Toxic relationship

the_bees_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative mysterious 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? No

3.25

Great for fans N KJemisin and Octavia E Butler, a fascinating piece of afro futurism. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Police brutality, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Minor: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, and Drug use

rexpostfacto's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Ableism, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Rape, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

amandaquotidianbooks's review against another edition

This has a lot of dark things happening with the human characters and not as much to do with the aliens. It didn’t seem like the second half would be anymore enjoyable as the first half and I’m not in the headspace for such a dark book right now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault

mixter86's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Outing, Physical abuse, Sexism, Transphobia, and Violence

mordshunger's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

I wanted to love this book. It is full of dazzling ideas and interesting threads to pull at, but around the halfway point I had to accept that it wasn't going to do much about any of them. I found it very chaotic and unfocused, not because it switches perspectives or doesn't answer questions - no, it felt more like an idea pitched, a heap of intrigue with not much else behind it. In the end, it just wasn't for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, and Gore

Minor: Rape