Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta

42 reviews

bleepbloop's review against another edition

sad tense slow-paced

2.0

Bleak

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

narbine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Torture, War, Toxic relationship, and Homophobia

Moderate: Death, Lesbophobia, Violence, Death of parent, Outing, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

mmccombs's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

Okparanta’s prose is stunning and this story felt deeply personal and handled with care. I think it came up a bit short for me in its structure and it’s characters, I didn’t really connect with anyone outside of Ijeoma and maybe her mother. I think just doing flashbacks or just following Ijeoma’s story linearly would have worked, but something about the mixture of both, alongside folktales and stories made it a bit muddled and unevenly paced. Ultimately, this was a really emotionally riveting story of love and I still really enjoyed what it had to say.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

egg_cup's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Miscarriage, Outing, and Sexual content

gm_vak's review against another edition

challenging dark 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: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Outing, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

jmc2187's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual content

jamesflint's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Rape and Miscarriage

fruya's review against another edition

emotional 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexism, Vomit, and Grief

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, and Medical content

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, and Child abuse

matmat's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Death, and Hate crime

Moderate: Miscarriage and Domestic abuse

heatherreads10's review against another edition

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Violence

Moderate: Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Rape