Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

50 reviews

emliza's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Grief, and Transphobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Outing, Religious bigotry, Violence, Infidelity, Infertility, and Animal death

merin_aran's review against another edition

challenging 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

5.0

Stunning. Subperb. Sublime. This books is everything! Emezi is an incredibly gifted author and crafts a beautiful story full of depth and complexity. Despite knowing beforehand that Vivek dies (it's in the title) the reader is still left guessing and not knowing exactly what happens at the end. As a queer trans person myself this story hit me hard, it's so heartbreaking and I was left sobbing at the end. The representation of complex queer black characters is so important and Emezi executed it to perfection. One of my all-time favourite books. I will never stop recommending it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Outing, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, and Domestic abuse

faizoo's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Incest, Child death, Death, and Transphobia

Moderate: Deadnaming, Outing, and Homophobia

Minor: Infertility and Infidelity

elliez's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

What a complex, moving story this was. So much to digest. If you enjoy books that deal with heavy subject matter, grab this book. This author did an amazing job relaying heavy subject matter in both a beautiful and genuine way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infidelity, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Transphobia

Moderate: Blood, Body shaming, Death, and Sexual content

Minor: Islamophobia and Infertility

emilianordland's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Outing, Incest, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual content, Infidelity, and Homophobia

Minor: Blood, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, and Infertility

gm_vak's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Lesbophobia, Outing, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, 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

ivana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, and Sexual content

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

ok7a's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Transphobia, Homophobia, Grief, Domestic abuse, and Incest

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Infidelity

Minor: Infertility, Rape, and Pregnancy