Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

14 reviews

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

devoeas's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Classism, Death, Gaslighting, Infertility, and Violence

te_na's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Blood, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

booksjessreads's review against another edition

dark hopeful sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I read this book a while ago and so this review will be the imprints of the book that have been left on me, rather than an in-depth review. 

Adichie's writing was hard to get into and made getting into the plot quite hard. As someone who was a slow-reader at this point (I have certainly got quicker through the year), I definitely found it hard to read and it took me a while to get through. 

The book was also dealing with some very heavy themes and looked at the way that Kambili interacts with them as a child. I think it is interesting the way that Adichie portrays Kambili's thoughts on the occurrences and she knows that they are wrong, but her agency as a young teen is minimised significantly, and so it is interesting to see how Kambili lives and copes with the trauma. 

I probably wouldn't read this again although enjoyed some parts of the novel and there was a small plot twist at the end which was good. If you like something that is a bit mundane and at a slower-pace, with darker elements in, then this would definitely be for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Murder