Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor

11 reviews

bluberrybooks's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.0

I feel like I wrote this review but apparently I haven't. It's been a bit sine I finished this book so it's not fresh. I really enjoyed the pacing, characters and story. I loved the magic system I believe the world building was fantastic. You leaem about everything with the main character. I like how it showed the double standards she has to deal with as a young girl. I almost gave it 4.5 but didn't because the ending felt too all over the place and the way Sunny just saved the day felt unearned and not every believable. I originally gave it 3.5 but I still think highly of this so 4 star for me!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexism

Moderate: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Body horror, Bullying, and Misogyny

Minor: Police brutality

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

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

lanid's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Body horror, Bullying, Body shaming, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, and Violence

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Violence, Suicide, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Child death, Murder, Torture, Animal death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Kidnapping, Sexism, Misogyny, Ableism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Cursing, Excrement, Racial slurs, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Drug use

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

remie's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Child death, Death, Sexism, and Violence

olivebananas's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Child death, and Murder

Minor: Body horror

cleo_wylde's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, and Bullying

windsinger's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Kidnapping and Torture