Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun by Tọlá Okogwu

3 reviews

mattyb's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Chronic illness, Vomit, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Child death, Death, and Blood

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Racism, Terminal illness, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

emily_mh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Oh my god what an incredible book!! This book promised X-Men and it delivered. I loved the Academy and the worldbuilding re: the superpowers. The story had a great balance between character development and relationships, and action and intrigue. Speaking of the relationships - the way Okogwu depicted friendship in this book was so wholesome yet still so realistic. My one criticism overall is that I wanted to see more of Onyeka training to master her powers. But this is really just a minor critique as on the whole I thoroughly enjoyed this read and cannot wait for the sequel to come out. 

As a side note, I listened to the audiobook for this one. At first I was nervous as I didn't really like the narrator's (Nneka Okoye's) performance for Within These Wicked Walls. But Okoye did a great job with this audiobook! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Slavery, Blood, Medical content, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Graphic warning for missing loved one. Moderate warning for drowning and misogynoir. Minor warnings for disordered eating, the undocumented migrant experience, climate change/global warming, fainting.