Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

51 reviews

smolena's review against another edition

informative sad slow-paced

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

2.0

This was extremely boring to me. 
It's one of those books that are praised mainly bcoz they are *a first* of something. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Colonisation

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, and Sexism

grp101's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

I had to read this for a class and I really enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Xenophobia, and Murder

Minor: Torture

queenofodas's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

Not my cup of tea, I think.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and Murder

lief_'s review against another edition

emotional fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, and War

Minor: Slavery

missmarycrawford's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring relaxing slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Murder

ashar_allaire's review against another edition

challenging informative sad fast-paced

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

4.75

This is stunning writing. The more I think about this book the more my rating goes up. We follow a deeply unsympathetic man to his eventual undoing, which should feel deserved but that clean cut ending, that want to think each person is solely responsible for their own destruction, that this would not have happened if not for his own actions and unwavering ego, is ripped away by the pure evil that brought about that undoing. This happened to everyone regardless of how they lived their lives, it could not have been prevented so it can't feel deserved. You are left in deep mourning for all the characters surrounding him, instead of feeling justice for them. You feel the tragedy of all those he hurt happen along with him. There's triumph in most stories when the person who caused those around him pain is "defeated," but these characters are not safer or happier now in any way. They get the same, if not a worse fate. Nothing about this is fair. You feel the loss of control. You feel the fear of destruction. The loss of family. I do feel the author set up themes that were left largely unexplored, especially when it comes to sexism, which got briefly touched upon and then abandoned. I find myself wanting more, which is what keeps this from being a 5 star, but damn, incredible book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Slavery, Suicide, and War

antidietleah's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Colonisation

galiiey's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Rape

jeremie's review against another edition

reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Suicide, and Colonisation

Moderate: Child abuse and Murder

gabriella_'s review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

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

3.75

This book has a lot of casual sexism but aside from that, the writing style was gripping, the plot points interesting, the plot progression heartbreaking, and it was a real page-turner.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Colonisation