Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

5 reviews

teaofleaves's review

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.0

I quite liked the style of writing and it’s an interesting read. The short stories are all enjoyable in their own way and I find it so fascinating to read stories of different countries and parts of the world. I’ll definitely be reading more of Adichie’s work, and more world literature as well.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Sexism, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Child death, Genocide, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, and Infidelity

Minor: Racism, Incest, Blood, Homophobia, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Trafficking, Grief, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Infertility, and Pregnancy

mikki_9's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Child death, Infidelity, Infertility, and Grief

Moderate: Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Classism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Blood

grei's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

I loved every story in this collection. They all have very heavy topics, but are written so well into a plot and handled so expertly that I never felt like I was trudging through it.

It's a book that will always be there when you want to read it and is a very good, emotional read, but does not always enthrall you so deeply in the story that you feel guilty for not reading for a long period of time.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

Minor: Abortion, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and Xenophobia

jmeyer255's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Racism, and Sexism

lena04's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Grief, and Police brutality