Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

7 reviews

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, and Grief

summerb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Transphobia, Grief, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Deadnaming, Drug use, Hate crime, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

rayo's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad 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: Incest, Infidelity, and Transphobia

Moderate: Biphobia, Cursing, Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Religious bigotry

elizaveta_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Transphobia, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Violence, Religious bigotry, Outing, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

robinsong's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This book was wonderful and all consuming. The exploration of grief and the messiness of the characters' lives was expertly done and made them feel like real people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Transphobia, Grief, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Car accident, and Sexual harassment

skudiklier's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• 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

This book was stunning and heartbreaking and beautiful and painful and surprising. I read it for a book club that isn't meeting for several weeks (I always read book club books too early accidentally haha), but this time I'm glad because I want to think about it a lot before I'll know what to say. I'd definitely recommend it though, it's very good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Bullying, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, and Murder

Minor: Ableism

naika's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

I have complicated feelings about this book, sadly. Do I think the writing was as harrowing and gripping as the hyper suggests? Yes. It tackled a wide range of themes, from grief and loss, identity, abuse, cultural and social differences, etc. That is what initially drew me to the story. But I would be dishonest if I did not say some of what was written was unsettling to me - specifically the incest. It would be one thing if the book clearly unpacked the problems with this, but to me, the story took a passive, unchallenging approach. I could not come to terms with how it was handled. 

I also struggled with some sections of the story where we got points of view from characters who ultimately had little to do with the larger story. It ended up being unnecessary filler and distracted me from the narrative. So I would also say the pacing did not always work for me. 

But the story continues to sit with me, despite some of the jarring aspects. This is making it difficult for me to give a star rating, so I won't. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Infertility