Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

26 reviews

marisa_n's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Outing

oliviantoinette's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Incest, and Transphobia

Moderate: Ableism, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Minor: Bullying

lupitabaeyongo's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

egg_cup's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-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

5.0

this book chewed me up and spat me out like a pomegranate seed I cried so hard during the last quarter of this book my eyes were sore and I had to lie silently and stare at the ceiling after I was finished for a while no thoughts head empty reduced to just an absolute shell of a human. 

Vivek I love you; Akwaeke Emezi it is ON SIGHT.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Sexual assault, and Gaslighting

isleoflinds's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, and Murder

emliza's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Transphobia, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Violence, Religious bigotry, Outing, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

merin_aran's review

challenging emotional 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

5.0

Stunning. Subperb. Sublime. This books is everything! Emezi is an incredibly gifted author and crafts a beautiful story full of depth and complexity. Despite knowing beforehand that Vivek dies (it's in the title) the reader is still left guessing and not knowing exactly what happens at the end. As a queer trans person myself this story hit me hard, it's so heartbreaking and I was left sobbing at the end. The representation of complex queer black characters is so important and Emezi executed it to perfection. One of my all-time favourite books. I will never stop recommending it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Transphobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Outing

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Blood

badmom's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Transphobia, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Biphobia, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Outing, and Alcohol

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, and Death of parent

gm_vak's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-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

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing