Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

31 reviews

lilcoppertop's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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: Ableism, Biphobia, Blood, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Outing, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

davidrb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

2.5

Would have been a solid 4 stars (great writing, nuanced characters) if not for the

incest that goes uncriticized and often romanticized.

Unnecessary and made it a really difficult read for me personally.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Chronic illness, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Outing, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Violence

sylvestra's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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: Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Outing, Grief, and Infidelity

Minor: Deadnaming, Death of parent, and Infertility

robinsong's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.0

This book was wonderful and all consuming. The exploration of grief and the messiness of the characters' lives was expertly done and made them feel like real people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Hate crime

Minor: Animal death, Car accident, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, and Sexual harassment

miachalupa's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Death, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Islamophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

kudzi1's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.5

This story explores trans life, sexuality, incest, loss, family dynamics, and most of all guilt. Not my usual book choice but still a very engaging read and thought provoking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

bookreviewsgr's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense 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

5.0

Μια ιστορία που αφορά τους κινδύνους του να βάζεις τους ανθρώπους σε κουτάκια σύμφωνα με τις προσδοκίες σου και πόσο βίαια αυτές οι προσδοκίες μπορούν να στραφούν εναντίον τους.

Διαβάστε αναλυτικά την άποψή μου στο  <a href="https://bookreviewsgr.home.blog/2021/04/11/the-death-of-vivek-oji/">blog μου</a>.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Transphobia, Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

eleennaeisloved's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia

theengineerisreading's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

"Love and guilt sometimes taste the same, you know."

I wish I can write a decent review that will give justice like how Akwaeki Emezi wrote this book.

The Death of Vivek Oji is Talk Bookish to Me's February admins' pick and I can't thank them enough for choosing this book because this one saved me from a possible slump.

I'm familiar when this one released last year and became a BOTM title but I haven't heard enough buzz about it, unlike Akwaeki's debut, Freshwater, which has been the talk of the town for months. Not until I intentionally browsed the title in Goodreads and saw so many amazing reviews about the book.

As someone who easily gets influenced by others opinion (lol) this made me decide to try and start the audiobook and see why this is so highly-rated.

I guess I was overwhelmed with the ending but this book is definitely a poetry translated into crime fiction. I love how the mystery and suspense keeps on until the very last pages of the book without sacrificing the balance between the social commentary (about Nigeria and LGBTQ+) and other sub-plots (family drama, friendship, mental health, grief.)

Though the main premise of the book revolved on the mystery of Vivek Oji, the only son of Chika and Kavita, the revelation and pieces of the book left me astounded with how forms of love vary from one person to another.

Content warning: Death, Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Sexual Abuse, Riot, Blood

Overall, this book sealed the deal and delivered an unforgettable story which made me think about how are we progressing as a society.

RATING: 4.5stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Incest

Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual assault, and Violence

pigeonsjones's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Incest, Homophobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Minor: Rape and Animal death