Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Tout s'effondre by Chinua Achebe

120 reviews

bites_of_books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

Things Fall Apart is fiction but truly read like nonfiction at times, in a good way. I felt like all the characters were real and that made me feel even more for them as the story went on. Okonkwo is a complex character, a strong-willed man, proud of his heritage, and willing to do anything to protect all he cares about. The ending saddened me deeply, I have no words for that but I will say that it will stay with me for a long time.

I highly recommend, do take care and check content warnings though, not an easy read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicide, War, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Grief, and Emotional abuse

bookinanook_'s review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Suicide

antidietleah's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Death, Miscarriage, Sexism, Pregnancy, Suicide, Physical abuse, Violence, Infertility, Murder, Child death, Abandonment, Misogyny, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

albearcamus's review against another edition

challenging sad slow-paced

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

2.0

Okonkwo is an agressive, toxic masculine character that seeks wealth, fame and to prove himself through aggression. The narrator, potentially through Okonkwo’s perspective, is incredibly sexist and misogynistic. A man who is effeminate is worthy of being outcast from the village.
Written in 1957, I found it surprising how misogynistic it was. 
I expected a book on the coming and the horrors of colonialism, but that doesn’t really happen.

The white man only really comes in the last ~50 pages and the oppression of colonialism isn’t really examined or discussed.

Interesting tales of Nigerian life and customs. But ultimately very disappointed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Violence and Child death

Minor: Suicide

galiiey's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Suicide, Child abuse, Murder, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Rape

ineffableardor's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Domestic abuse, Colonisation, and Suicide

hopepike's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexism, and Colonisation

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Sexual content

pmurph2112's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Racism

achi1's review against another edition

dark inspiring medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

The book started a bit slow but I started to really enjoy it halfway through. Very interesting plot that reads like oral history from an elder. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: War, Child death, Suicide, and Violence

aud_wallen's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide