Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Tout s'effondre: roman by Chinua Achebe

15 reviews

nick13's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book gets a three star simply because it is a story that needs to be read. Other than that,

I liked how slow the first part is to contrast how fast colonialism took over Africa

and how amazing complicated the main character is. This is all to say that this story has the groundwork to be absolutely astounding, yet at no point was my interest peaked. This is due to instead of engrossing rge reader into the story, it instead keeps this standoffish narration akin to a nonfiction. And if this were a nonfiction it would've been amazing for what it is, but it's not which lead this story to just not have the same impact it should.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Suicide, Religious bigotry

Moderate: Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pregnancy

Minor: Slavery

mpbookreviews's review against another edition

4.0

tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

laurarosessupposes's review against another edition

1.25

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Badly written, dull, and depressing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Colonisation

amberkaylynn's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Classism

becca_22's review against another edition

4.0

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Suicide, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation

Minor: Emotional abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Pregnancy, War