Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma, Chukwudi Iwuji

6 reviews

mercyreads444's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Beautifully written book about a tragedy that befalls a family after a prophecy by a mad man. This book carries you through the events as things unfold because of this prophecy. The authors style of writing is absolutely captivating. There’s also so much Nigerian history woven into this novel. As an Igbo woman I truly appreciated seeing the Igbo proverbs and language peppered through this novel. Some parts of it felt so familiar and the story hit very close to home. Beautifully written, highly reccomend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual assault, and Murder

noahsingh's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Minor: Animal death, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, and Mass/school shootings

ireadtoescape_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

Just check the content warnings. 🤕
A very dark book. 
I don’t know how I feel. I really just wanted it to end. It was exhausting the level of tragedy these children and this family went through. I’m just very shaken by this. It’s a lot. 

But I will also say that it was good. Despite the trauma that was just utterly dizzying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Incest and Rape

bibliophilekiera's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Blood and Abandonment

mayy_y's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

THIS BOOK!
You know a book is good when you can’t stop thinking about it when you aren’t reading it. This book was it for me. 

I felt so much sadness for the family. Death after death, bad news after bad news. I had mixed emotions when Obeme and Ben were contemplating on how to kill Abulu. Cause on one hand, I can see their driving point, but on the other hand was it wasn’t the right thing to do. Still loved every part of it tho

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Murder

internationalreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident