Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor

4 reviews

purplepenning's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Bullying, and Child death

Moderate: Body shaming, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Kidnapping, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Death, Murder, and Violence

Serial killer preying on children for ritual murders; corporal punishment

turrean's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

The audiobook narration was stellar: distinct voices for all characters, seamless transition among American and several African accents. 

Watching Sunny—accustomed to being a misfit—uncover a magical world to which she truly belongs is a delight. And exactly in parallel to her confidence, her awareness of the truly horrifying evil approaching grows, too. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Bullying, Death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexism and Ableism

greymalkin's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

I read this book first as an audiobook for the first half and then as an ebook for the second. The audiobook is excellent.  The book itself is very enjoyable.

My only real quibble is that after all that buildup, the end was a bit of an anticlimax.  I wish that there had been more teamwork involved and that Sunny didn't just learn important info like a mcguffin at the very end.  It wasn't a bad ending, just that everything else was so detailed and hard-earned and the end was sort of a hand-wavey "and then it just works".

  I still plan to read the next in the series though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Ableism

kateloveswords's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Body horror, Cursing, Animal death, Bullying, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Kidnapping, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Xenophobia