Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

65 reviews

siriface's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, and Emotional abuse

Religious trama, psychological abuse, manipulation,

astridmalmhester's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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: Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Miscarriage and Adult/minor relationship

n_gab_rielle's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Miscarriage, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Police brutality

paulamarie1468's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Death, Miscarriage, and Religious bigotry

lisa00's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Miscarriage

rrsilel's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

A truly fantastic book that brought me to tears many many times. Following Kambilis journey through life showed me a whole new perspective on life, family and religion and I loved every second of it. Definitely have a love-hate relationship with this tragic, well-written story. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Miscarriage, Violence, and Religious bigotry

flowerowl's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Panic attacks/disorders

alec_may's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Infertility, Pregnancy, Classism, Religious bigotry, Violence, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

helizabug's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Painful, enlightening, and smoothly written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Police brutality

Beautiful, painful story.

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