Reviews tagging 'War'

Jumătate de soare galben by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

174 reviews

yasmine_21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

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

3.75

Takes a while to get interesting but eventually does and touches a lot of important topics. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, and War

womanreading93's review against another edition

challenging informative sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, and War

vera_prins's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Racism and Sexual violence

poplartears's review against another edition

informative tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and War

lisaheg's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative 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

5.0

Incredible and eye-opening. Read this while staying in Ghana and learnt simultaneously about the differences of the countries and names of things that I saw along my journey in Ghana but did not have the name for: such as Calabash, garri, hawkers, etc. It really enriched my stay in western-africa. Will read more from this amazing woman.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, and War

athousandbookstoread's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Kidnapping, and War

Minor: Genocide, Infidelity, and Rape

sarahalesbrittain's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and War

pewa's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.25

This book is able to uniquely blend the woes and pleasures of everyday life with the gut wrenching reality of war. It doesn’t mince words, but I feel like that’s beauty in it. I loved that you got know the characters and truly understood who they were, their desires and dreams outside of the context of war. It made it all that more heartbreaking. I would definitely recommend this book to history lovers and those who love to really dig into a story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Rape, Violence, Blood, and War

teegs_dc's review against another edition

dark emotional informative 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, and War

sundayfever's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

I learned a lot of history from this book. So far, my favorite of Adichie's books. The storytelling and characters were very engaging. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Gun violence, Racism, Blood, and Classism