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kitta's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Homophobia
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Drug use
ocheeva's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Incest, Violence, and Sexual content
Minor: Racism
smeyer's review
- 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
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Racism, Child death, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse
morganperks's review
- 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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Outing, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Medical content, Self harm, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Suicide, Torture, Alcoholism, Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Lesbophobia, War, Death of parent, Transphobia, Incest, Mental illness, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Child abuse, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Religious bigotry, Deadnaming, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Sexism
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Blood and Drug use
garynoplastie's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Religious bigotry, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Domestic abuse, Blood, Death, Misogyny, Death of parent, Hate crime, Incest, and Infidelity
Moderate: Sexual content, Dysphoria, Homophobia, and Racism
Minor: Animal death
featherbrain's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Incest, Transphobia, and Death
Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Racism, Outing, Grief, Death of parent, and Blood
bookishtabby's review against another edition
- 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? No
5.0
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Racism, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Violence
Minor: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse
theengineerisreading's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
I wish I can write a decent review that will give justice like how Akwaeki Emezi wrote this book.
The Death of Vivek Oji is Talk Bookish to Me's February admins' pick and I can't thank them enough for choosing this book because this one saved me from a possible slump.
I'm familiar when this one released last year and became a BOTM title but I haven't heard enough buzz about it, unlike Akwaeki's debut, Freshwater, which has been the talk of the town for months. Not until I intentionally browsed the title in Goodreads and saw so many amazing reviews about the book.
As someone who easily gets influenced by others opinion (lol) this made me decide to try and start the audiobook and see why this is so highly-rated.
I guess I was overwhelmed with the ending but this book is definitely a poetry translated into crime fiction. I love how the mystery and suspense keeps on until the very last pages of the book without sacrificing the balance between the social commentary (about Nigeria and LGBTQ+) and other sub-plots (family drama, friendship, mental health, grief.)
Though the main premise of the book revolved on the mystery of Vivek Oji, the only son of Chika and Kavita, the revelation and pieces of the book left me astounded with how forms of love vary from one person to another.
Content warning: Death, Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Sexual Abuse, Riot, Blood
Overall, this book sealed the deal and delivered an unforgettable story which made me think about how are we progressing as a society.
RATING: 4.5stars
Graphic: Homophobia and Incest
Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual assault, and Violence