Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

59 reviews

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

rosalind's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Death, Sexual content, Homophobia, Grief, and Incest

Moderate: Deadnaming, Violence, and Physical abuse

danajoy's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Domestic abuse, and Sexual content

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-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: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Sexism, and Transphobia

bookishtabby's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Racism, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

manderz219's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

PHEW, this was good! The language was beautiful, the characters were well-developed and I feel like I know them. I usually don't love the perspective-jumping in books, but Emezi did it marvelously in this book and it really strengthened the story-telling about Vivek's life. Speaking of which, I would probably give this book five stars for Vivek alone. What a gem! I wouldn't read this if you're not looking to get emotional and/or emotionally invested, but it's a fabulous read that you may at least want to save for later!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Transphobia, and Physical abuse

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

jojo_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual content, and Transphobia

Moderate: Grief, Mental illness, Animal death, Blood, and Infidelity

Minor: Death, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse

bookaholics_anonymous's review against another edition

It was a really good read until

the part with the incest. I just couldn't get past that part.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Incest

Moderate: Mental illness

lilymurph's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective 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: Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Death, Grief, Infertility, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, and Violence