Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Jumătate de soare galben by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

71 reviews

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

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

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

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

atekereads's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion

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

archie_dermott's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Islamophobia and Religious bigotry

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