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fnreb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, and Colonisation
leahcatching's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicide, Blood, and Colonisation
ajcanread's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Grief, and Colonisation
allysllvn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death, Sexism, and Suicide
Moderate: Death, Infertility, Racism, Sexism, Blood, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, and War
Minor: Animal death, Gore, and Gun violence
dank_pikachu's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Domestic abuse
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Colonisation
alexandra_skl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Colonisation
maapestaartje's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Next to that, I also just think it's a good book. His exploration of the tragic figure Okonkwo is incredibly thorough, and, knowing that colonisation is coming, hard to read. Okonkwo is by no means a nice guy and this society is by no means nice to women (of course, neither was the colonising European force), but it is intricate, something I believe Achebe definitely tried to highlight in this book and I believe he succeeds in doing so. I look forward to reading the rest of the African Trilogy.
Graphic: Sexism, Violence, and Colonisation
michaelion's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
There's something I hate, or dislike, about classic books which is the tendency to have unnecessary filler pages. Like they were getting paid by the word or something. And I say filler specifically because I love me some slice of life stories. I'm the kind a girlie that absolutely lives to see people figuring out what food they're gonna put on their grocery list because they don't know what to make for dinner, okay? But most of this book is just filling the pages up. Now I haven't read enough classics to say all of them do this, but I hate it either way. Scenes and moments with almost or literally no importance to the rest of the story. Maybe I hate it so much because that's how I wrote stories when I was 13. But hey I'm over it now!
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicide, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Racism, Violence, Grief, Murder, and War
Minor: Gun violence, Miscarriage, Slavery, and Kidnapping
honeyvoiced's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Colonisation
Moderate: Murder
laurarosessupposes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.25
Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and Colonisation