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Jumătate de soare galben by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

67 reviews

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

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

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

jinmichae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Sexual content, Excrement, Islamophobia, Death of parent, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Torture and Vomit

zevatybel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

emilyjp1620's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Violence

jotee76's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

It wasn’t the most gripping book I have ever read, but I knew nothing about Biafra so for me the book was more of an educational tool than a pleasurable read. It is very well researched and written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

snoopyluvr_22's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense slow-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? No

5.0

A must read. A profound read. I couldn’t put this book down. It educated me. It showed me a world so different to my own. It’s a long but worth it read. I recommend reading Things Fall Apart by Achebe before reading this book as well. This author deserves so much praise. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

crazytourists_books's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

During the 80s and early 90s in Greece, something that adults couldn't tolerate (adults that lived through the famine of the German occupation) was the waste of food. Kids were too often persuaded to finish their food given as example the kids of Biafra (and later Ethiopia) that were starving. A country that no longer existed, the death of children that were probably not even an afterthought in Europe, played such a vital role in our upbringing. 
This story is an important one to tell (and read about), and it should not be told by white bystanders. 
Adicie writes really well, I liked her prose, and I enjoyed her use of Igbo throughout the novel. The characters could have been better developed, though, their behaviour more realistic. 
A good book overall. It is very sad that Adicie has sided with the TERFs , I am not someone that can easily separate the art from the artist, especially when the artist is still alive. Even though this book is of a genre that I enjoy I wouldn't have read it if it wasn't given to me a few years ago. Now I can let it go, and with it, Adicie. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail