Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

20 reviews

phoevincent's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Kidnapping

isabelvegga's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping

miss_elease's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

5.0

teared up several times. adiche captures the unmooring of grief while simultaneously inviting us to witness the love she has for her father and the love her father has for his children. 

Grief has, as one of its many egregious components, the onset of doubt. No, I am not imagining it. Yes, my father truly was lovely.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Grief

Minor: Kidnapping and War

lisapparition's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Kidnapping

grandmerin's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

3.5

took a while to connect with the story because i didn’t know her dad, feels like a published journal entry. there are some good lines but nothing spectacular either 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Kidnapping, War, and Death of parent

leonormsousa's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Misogyny, Death, Grief, and Kidnapping

maxthefish's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Kidnapping, Medical content, and War

guinness74's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Adichie is a strong, brilliant voice in the pantheon of writers that I enjoy. I have not read all of her works, but those I have speak to me. And, though I have been mostly untouched by the grief that she evinces in this short book, I am aware of the fleeting nature of human life and the realization that my own parents are coming into the sunset of their lives, so this book seems to have more to tell me in its wisdom. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: War, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Kidnapping

deenmachine's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Love a short grief book. Often that's all I really need or can handle. This one doesn't capture it all but it isn't meant to. A loving and bittersweet reflection on her father and what it is to lose someone you really, really care about

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: War

lbelow's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

I started reading this book hoping to find some guidance in navigating grief. I didn't find that, but Adichie, eloquent as ever, gave me something else: companionship in grief. I enjoyed reading about her father. It is clear how much she loved him. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Kidnapping