Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Meio sol amarelo by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

54 reviews

erenreads12's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark informative reflective sad slow-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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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie does not disappoint with this book. The high expectations I had for this after reading Americanah were well and truly met. What started off as a gentle, intimate account of life in 60s Nigeria became a horrifying, tragic, brutal portrayal of the civil war, inspecting closely the ways we carry war inside of us when it is happening around us. The ending, through lacking the closure one would normally expect from a novel, drove home the very point - there is no closure in war, or happy endings. I deducted .5 of a star simply because I saw some of the betrayal plotinus coming - but it was nowhere near enough to ruin the experience. This is a hugely important and heartbreaking book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Blood

ky_q_xoxo's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-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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Note: I had the displeasure of finding out about Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's particular brand of trans-exclusionary feminism shortly after finishing this book. With that in mind, I will not be supporting her work in the future. Trans women are women. 

4.5 ⭐s. I can definitely see why this is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's award-winning-est (is that a word?) work. Not only did I enjoy this immensely just from a writing perspective - the characters, plot, world-building, symbolism, narrative devices, all flawless - I also learned so much about an aspect of history that I was relatively clueless about up until this reading. This book is unflinching, and subsequently has trigger warnings for just about every trigger on the books, but it is a very impactful, emotional, and educational read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder

kathryngrimwade's review against another edition

4.5

emotional informative reflective tense 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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This book was a great insight into the Nigeria-Biafran war. I loved how the story was told from muliple points of view and how it explored the way the different characters think, feel and react to the world around them and how they interact with each other. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content

mary's review against another edition

5.0

emotional informative sad fast-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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I loved it so much. I liked the story and the way things were described, but most of all i loved the choice of words.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content