Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala

5 reviews

gibetal's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, and Murder

elizaob's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Police brutality, and Homophobia

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

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

f18's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Medical content

Minor: Drug use, Rape, and Suicide