Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

7 reviews

hanreadshardbacks's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Death, Infertility, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture

jemappellecat's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Colonisation, Religious bigotry, and Child death

Moderate: Torture and Racism

bookish_bry's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I enjoyed this book a lot. It was pretty dark in a lot of places often in a pretty casual ways. Okonkwo was not a very sympathetic character, but I think that actually served the message of the book well. Even though I wasn't a fan of the main character, I still sympathized with him in the end.

Even though this was a book very much concerned with the clash of cultures, I think that the generational divide between Okonkwo and his father and then Okonkwo and his son is something we see everywhere. Both Okonkwo's strengths and weaknesses were in direct reaction to his father's life and likewise Nwoye's were a result of Okonkwo's.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, Slavery, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Racism, Sexism, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Suicide, War, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Animal death, Torture, and Blood

becca_22's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Suicide, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Grief, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pregnancy, Torture, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Slavery, and War

book_lover69's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Infertility

Moderate: Suicide, Torture, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Child death

Minor: Death of parent, Murder, and Gun violence

morganperks's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicide, Sexual content, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Murder, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Infertility, Grief, Gore, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Child death, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship

jamieruwen's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

I didn’t necessarily enjoy reading it, but the portrayal of these people’s way of life being  ripped apart by Christian missionaries and the fact that I’d never read about that before, and how gutted I was in the end, redeemed it for me. Necessary story but I didn’t feel touched by it for a large portion of the time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Torture, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Suicide and Violence