Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

6 reviews

sulkshift's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Adichie’s writing is beautiful. Their descriptions of Kambili’s world are vivid and poetic, pulling the reader deep into the story. The narrative follows themes of religion, political corruption, colonialism, family, and true wealth instead of money. The book had beautiful prose and was full of surprises both sweet and sickening. I was sad when it ended. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, Classism

jinmichae's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

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A really interesting and well written slice of life novel about an extended family in Nigeria, and how the conflicts, both within the family and in the country as a whole, impact their lives. Especially shows that family and love are the true wealth, but when the very infrastructure of your country is falling apart, even that may not be enough to stay together.

Despite how dark things may seem, it ends with clarity and hope of healing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Murder, Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Racism, Terminal illness, War

jessi_lou95's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, Sexism, Blood, Religious bigotry

Minor: Animal death, Excrement

triangular_pascal's review against another edition

3.25

emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

minisaucisse's review against another edition

4.0

dark hopeful informative reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Good writing, but hard to like. Even thought I read it fast, I still wanted to put it away. You want and don't want to be there 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

nibs's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I didn't really know what to expect coming in except something good (because Adichie). It exceeded those expectations. It's ultimately a story about family and what it means to connect to other people, or have those connections withheld. Strong CW for domestic violence, its a big theme in this book. I love how fleshed out all the kids are - from Jaja to Amaka to Obiora. And also the exploration of other themes, such as what it means to believe in God while there is so much dark history & oppression tied to it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death

Minor: Animal death, Miscarriage