Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Manantial by Akwaeke Emezi

399 reviews

_tannel's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

I loved this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Blood

Minor: Death

sixl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

nathalienadamas's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

4.0

Emezi’s writing is so thoughtful and descriptive making this a hard read if you are triggered by some of the topics featured in the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Eating disorder

Emezi’s writing is one of things that makes this a difficult read. The writing throuhyThe content can be particularly troubling to read so check

mosope21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Blood, and Sexual harassment

cheesy_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

jill_holly's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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

5.0

It feels impossible to review this book because it is so hard to describe. It had me in a chokehold the moment I started it and didn't let up. I was breathless by the end. Both devastatingly dark and heartwrenchingly beautiful, it dives headfirst into the lasting impacts of sexual trauma, the struggles of mental health, and the splitting of a fractured identity. It pulls from Igbo mythology, which I enjoyed learning more about. I was riveted, heartbroken and aching from the prose, weirdness, and intensity of Ada's story. I need to go read everything else Akwaeke Emezi has ever written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse

lizlee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Forced institutionalization

vklyle99's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Suicide attempt

molsherlaw's review against another edition

dark inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

gdulecki's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

3.5

I almost didn’t really start reading this because I had absolutely no clue what was happening, but when I embraced the unreliability and the chaos I began to enjoy it a lot more. There were many times that the individual words or sentences or paragraphs made no sense, but I did enjoy the overall book and story despite this. I really loved the way that they explored mental health and trauma through personifying these things, and it really struck me when Ada indicated that their conditions would explain the story better than they could. This certainly wasn’t my favorite Akwaeke Emezi book, but I did enjoy it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail