Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré

91 reviews

sarah_roundtree's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Child abuse

Moderate: Death

halliegrace's review

Too dark and sad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Death

Minor: Death of parent

embreads98's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Do yourself a huge favor and listen to the audiobook version!!! The narrators voice is so beautiful and she adds so much to the telling of the story with her inflection and her singing. Truly the most emotive and moving narrator I’ve ever listened to. 

The story is a bit slow in the beginning, with just tragedy after tragedy for our poor young protagonist, a fourteen year old girl named Adunni. I found that things started to pick up about halfway through, when Adunni actually began to see a path for her life to be different. Ultimately the book is about a girl’s resilience in the face of a culture that attempted to commodify her against her will, and the importance of access to education for all. The Girl with the Louding Voice is an emotional roller coaster and an impactful read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, and Death

tashtasher's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Rape, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Trafficking, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Grief, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Infertility, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

Minor: Excrement and Cancer

shugentobler's review

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death and Xenophobia

louisekf's review

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Misogyny, Classism, Trafficking, Rape, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Sexism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Infertility, and Infidelity

megpear's review

challenging inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Rape

nadiamasood's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This is the story of Adunni, a 14-year-old girl who lives in a small village in modern-day Nigeria. She is illegally married off as the third wife of an older man, her bride price used to pay off the family’s rent/debt. Through a series of unfortunate events, she ends up in Lagos as the servant of Big Madam, but more like a slave really.

I want more than just a voice, I want a louding voice. I want to enter a room and people will hear me even before I open my mouth to be speaking. I want to live in this life and help many people so that when I grow old and die, I will still be living through the people I am helping.

To reflect her incomplete education, the novel is written, first person, in Adunni’s colloquial voice (broken English), and it certainly took me some time to get used to it. However, don’t let this deter you from reading this novel. You’ll find that when the rhythm of her language grows easier the more you read, you’ll enjoy the book even more.

To better appreciate the novel, I highly recommend listening to the audiobook that’s beautifully narrated by Adjoa Andoh. 

This book talks about the trauma of girls forced into marriage and the blight of domestic slavery in Nigeria. But it also talks about a young girl’s determination to fight for her dreams and choose her own future. The main theme centers on Adunni’s yearning for an education.

‘Your schooling is your voice, child. It will be speaking for you even if you didn’t open your mouth to talk. It will be speaking till the day God is calling you come.’ That day, I tell myself that even if I am not getting anything in this life, I will go to school. I will finish my primary and secondary and university schooling and become teacher because I don’t just want to be having any kind voice…I want a louding voice.

Though there were a lot of heavy topics, Adunni’s strength and courage pushed me to read through. I want to be with her on her difficult journey and see to it that she has a happy ending (which she did!). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Infertility, and Death

ashlyn922's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

• 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: Pregnancy, Death, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Rape

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Grief

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment