Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

56 reviews

killeenm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

A good read, still one of my favorite authors. This one was really dark at times, but Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie doesn’t shy away from complexity and I appreciate that 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

mai_books_nature's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Miscarriage

casperr05's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Jag är inte helt säker på vad jag tycker, den var inte så fångande för mig trots att det är bok som gör saker rätt.
Den beskriver tydligt men öppet. Flera av karaktärerna får mycket utveckling vilket är en bra del. Tillexempel får vi läsa hur papas utbrott och arga handlingar växer. Amakas uppfattning och inställning till Kambili förändras. Allt känns väldigt realistiskt också, som att jag läser en biografi fast det är skönlitteratur. 

Det är en bok som gör allt rätt men endå inte passar mig. Det kan va att jag läst den i skolsammanhang som gjort att jag inte hunnit bilda en egen uppfattning av vad jag tycker om den.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

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

theredheded_bibliomaniac's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Gaslighting, Abortion, Police brutality, Murder, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Violence, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Gun violence, and Toxic relationship

livay's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Toxic relationship, Grief, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, Murder, Miscarriage, and Domestic abuse

erikjshuler's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Miscarriage, and Domestic abuse

readtomea97's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

This book is very triggering, but it makes you truly think about some of the privileges that you may have had in life versus what some have had to deal with. As a victim of SA, MA, and EA, this book was far from what I expected.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Violence, Bullying, Miscarriage, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent

encharro's review against another edition

emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Miscarriage

thealbapoems's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

Adichie’s style is so wonderful that you will enjoy even the horrible in this story. Moving and thought provoking, this is a story of a family, religion, politics and love. I think I would have to re-read it to fully understand the structure chosen, but I wouldn’t mind doing so at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence