Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

119 reviews

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

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

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

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

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

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

draven_deathcrush's review against another edition

dark informative tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I've been wanting to read this book for so long and I finally did! It was so good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide, Domestic abuse, and Colonisation

Moderate: Child death

aleksander_at_sea's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Suicide, and Racism

Moderate: Murder and Violence