Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

71 reviews

theredheded_bibliomaniac's review

dark inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

livay's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

erikjshuler's review

emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Violence, and Religious bigotry

mood_124's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

Powerful story with powerful characters participating in powerful and moving events.

The story starts by depicting Kambili's father, Eugene, as a perfect and rich servant to the community. A humble person one should aspire to. Because of this Kambili feels she needs to make him proud over herself happy. 
I love how over the course of the book it begins to show the abusive nature of her father and Kambili becomes more her own person. 

Such a powerful story and even though Kambili can be annoying, her experiences growing up can be so very relatable. 
The reader is held hostage throughout the book unable to put such a masterpiece down.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Religious bigotry

readtomea97's review

challenging reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

This book is very triggering, but it makes you truly think about some of the privileges that you may have had in life versus what some have had to deal with. As a victim of SA, MA, and EA, this book was far from what I expected.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Bullying, Miscarriage, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent

halaagmod's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.75

Absolutely gorgeous in every single way, and an extremely welcome, though unfortunately very late, introduction to contemporary African literature.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Murder

Minor: Miscarriage

hfarbis's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexism, Violence, Religious bigotry, and War

siriface's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

Religious trama, psychological abuse, manipulation,

astridmalmhester's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Miscarriage

n_gab_rielle's review

emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Colonisation