Reviews tagging 'Death'

Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli

72 reviews

absolute_bookery's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Dya know what, I just loved it. Sad, searing, difficult, emotional - this hit me right where it hurts and it made me really feel. Sure it had it's flaws but i can see past them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

florenceassetto's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

there is a hole in my heart that is the size of this book and i fear it might be there forever. this book was so so so so powerful and i haven't read anything even relating to suicide since charlotte but it was so real in it's portrayal of grief and anger and sadness and hope and hatred and i think it was something so necessary for me to read. the family dynamic is so powerful and so real and so traditionally african, and the friendships in here were so real. it has been so long since i have read a more honest portrayal of love and i think this book is so so special!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

rkap's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death and Suicide

arireadsitall's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

This book was so beautiful, but also very devastating. It’s very heavy on grief and dealing with the aftermath of the death of a spouse. Do you really get inside the protagonist head and it’s not the happiest place to be. Looks like this feels so real and hit deeper than other ones

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Pregnancy

kgo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

Beautifully narrated on audio! I cannot believe this is the author’s debut novel!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Grief

not_quimby's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Death, Drug use, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lisettemarie's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Grief, and Pregnancy

rhubarbpi3's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

I liked this book much more than I thought I would, but the pacing was inconsistent, the writing felt fan fiction-y at times, and I wish that it hadn’t felt so locked up in Eve’s head. The dialogue was also generally stilted. I thought the questions it brought up were interesting, however. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

jo_d's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

This book tore out my heart in the best way possible. Nwabineli does a wonderful job showing grief in all its ugly, selfish ways. How it breaks everything and how people handle it differently. The unreliable narrator in that the narrator herself is grieving, but seeing the shift and growth in that is eye opening, heart wrenching, and so painfully, beautifully human.
A book I would recommend to anyone

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Racism, Abortion, and Classism

michellemalonza's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

The book is a difficult yet comforting read for anyone struggling with grief and looking to find language for their experience. Onyi Nwabineli uses repetition to paint a detailed and heartbreaking depiction of the constant nature of grief. The author is also able to introduce us to how Africanness impacts the process of grief and what a death by suicide can mean for people in different degrees of relation to the deceased. We're also able to see how people shift responsibility around when a person who doesn't stereotypically present as unhappy/depressed dies this way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, and Grief