Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala

4 reviews

waytoomanybooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

2.5

A painfully sad and tense novel, but beautifully written. The characters are richly written and will leave you asking for more because the well feels quite deep...but ultimately, the depths go unexplored.

I had to read it for school, and the triggering content made it difficult to finish and process. The complete lack of quotation marks and rarely used paragraph breaks was too tricky to get used to. At least the book led to lively class discussions, so that's something in its favor.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Classism, Domestic abuse, Grief, Outing, Vomit, Ableism, Child death, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Self harm, Gaslighting, Racism, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Sexism, Torture, and Violence

avasolange's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

    When I tell you this is the perfect book to make you feel something , I mean it. I was crying, screaming, and gasping for air. This book is full of so many deep and inspiring perspectives, that it really get you thinking. The story follows the struggles of a Nigerian Boy that discovers he's gay and all the problems that arise with that realization. he goes through to many earth shattering situations , and author is amazing at  giving you insight what its really like to be in the situation. It really feels as though You are walking in the main character's shoes, which only makes reading this book more emotion invoking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Gun violence, Homophobia, Outing, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Religious bigotry

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

Damn, Uzodinma Iweala sure knows how to write sad stuff. As with <i>Beasts of No Nation</i>, it's hard for me to say that I "liked" the book or that I would recommend it because the content is so upsetting. I will say that it was beautifully written, though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Gun violence, Blood, Death, Child death, Toxic friendship, Racism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Bullying, Grief, Misogyny, and Cursing

Minor: War, Rape, and Drug use

Spoiler

death of a sibling

, conversion therapy,

Spoiler

bury your gays

jojo_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Grief, Misogyny, and Outing

Minor: Blood, Death, Child death, and Sexual harassment