Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

65 reviews

alexandra_skl's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Really deep exploration of the impact of colonization. Heartbreaking but an important read. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Suicide, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Sexism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Racism

michaelion's review against another edition

informative reflective tense fast-paced

• 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

Through the entire first section of the book and the first chapter of the second section, I just kept thinking: Misogyny will be the death of men. At least I thought that's where the book was going. It should've went that way.

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!

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Violence, War, Animal death, Drug use, and Racism

Minor: Kidnapping, Gun violence, Slavery, and Miscarriage

amberkaylynn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense slow-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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Abortion, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Violence, Gore, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, War, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infertility, and Misogyny

saravsw's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

• 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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Colonisation, and Misogyny

Moderate: Suicide, Murder, and Child death

Minor: War

annibear_bookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Death, and Domestic abuse

gm_vak's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Child death, and Gore

3frenchtoast's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Colonisation, Sexism, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Police brutality, Racism, Animal death, Suicide, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

chloebethx_'s review against another edition

emotional informative sad fast-paced

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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Ableism, Child death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Violence, and War

mandalacb19's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative sad fast-paced

• 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

4.5

I read this book for school and I first thought I'd hate it -- but it really was so enjoyable to read and I fell in love with learning about Ibo culture. I think this book should be read by every person on Earth, especially those in the USA. Such informative writing. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child death, and Child abuse

smlemire's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Child death

Minor: Miscarriage