Reviews tagging 'War'

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

9 reviews

cassondradubois's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Sexual violence, Torture, Rape, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Murder

yoursaswell's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, War, and Child abuse

hfarbis's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Violence, Religious bigotry, Miscarriage, Sexism, and War

georgiaaa37's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

A compelling book providing perspectives from Nigeria that I had never read before. I found the book to be both insightful and informative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Violence, and War

the_planetarywanderer's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation

Minor: Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and War

melitiamelitia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Torture, Death, Blood, Violence, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Miscarriage, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, and War

huldasif's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad 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

5.0

Such a good book! It's challenging, medium-paced book, a bit dark and uncomfortable and made me very angry very often. I have to give you trigger warnings for domestic violence, child abuse (not sexual) and pregnancy loss. It's very much in your face. What bothered me a lot also was how the church wanted to "white wash" everything, down to the very names of the people and how Kambili ate it all up and hated his cultural heritage. It was so sad and frustrating. Also how he did everything he could to be opposite of his past because he was so ashamed of it and to make his children opposite too, trying to mold them into God's perfect creations, to the point where they didn't know how to smile anymore of how to interact with other children. I wanted someone to swoop them up and make them whole again but then no one around those children was what as good as I would have wanted them to be. It was so sad, but everybody tried their best and did what they thought was right, even their delusional father. Man, I'm so angry!  The flaws were so real. It was not a fairytale. You should read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Miscarriage, and Torture

Moderate: Hate crime, Murder, Death, Death of parent, and War

holly_5's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Grief, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Colonisation, War, and Misogyny

amgarrido's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Colonisation, War, and Blood

Minor: Miscarriage