Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Purppuranpunainen hibiskus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

84 reviews

unique_polarizer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

full of idyllic imagery, complexities and reflective attributes. 

Kambili as someone who worships her father as almost god-like comes to terms with the abuse and the gaslighting and religious justifications for what he does. Adichie embraces freedom from this throughout the defiance towards the end of the book and after the events of palm Sunday

a beautiful read, like the rest of Adichie's works, as a debut I felt it was a compelling read, where this compellingness develops in her later works like Half of a yellow Sun and Americanah - characters are fleshed out and plot and characters are well constructed. Not to say this read wasn't. It was a very satisfying read in a sense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, and Death

killeenm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

A good read, still one of my favorite authors. This one was really dark at times, but Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie doesn’t shy away from complexity and I appreciate that 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

hevlav's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

arangele's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

mai_books_nature's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Miscarriage

casperr05's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Jag är inte helt säker på vad jag tycker, den var inte så fångande för mig trots att det är bok som gör saker rätt.
Den beskriver tydligt men öppet. Flera av karaktärerna får mycket utveckling vilket är en bra del. Tillexempel får vi läsa hur papas utbrott och arga handlingar växer. Amakas uppfattning och inställning till Kambili förändras. Allt känns väldigt realistiskt också, som att jag läser en biografi fast det är skönlitteratur. 

Det är en bok som gör allt rätt men endå inte passar mig. Det kan va att jag läst den i skolsammanhang som gjort att jag inte hunnit bilda en egen uppfattning av vad jag tycker om den.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

suzyvee's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Child abuse

theredheded_bibliomaniac's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Gaslighting, Abortion, Police brutality, Murder, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Violence, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Gun violence, and Toxic relationship

jadewords's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

livay's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Toxic relationship, Grief, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, Murder, Miscarriage, and Domestic abuse