Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

24 reviews

wad3mil3sgarru2's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Child death, Genocide, Gun violence, and Suicide

mt1213's review against another edition

informative reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Colonisation

readingartist's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The ending is quite anti climatic and seems kind of rushed. Characters are well developed

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Violence

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

chanatova's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Gun violence

clare072's review against another edition

emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Moderate: Child death, Death, Racism, Sexual violence, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

dreamwifu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-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

4.0

this was a school read, but it was truly so interesting until it came up to the second half of the book that made my brain hurt a little. i was so interested and immersed in the culture, but the colonalism aspect truly ruined such a beautiful story which i guess was the point of adding it. the end was actually a great way to end this, so i still think of the book highly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Colonisation

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence

abmochapman's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

“A man's life from birth to death, was a series of transition rites which brought him nearer and nearer to his ancestors.”

Things Fall Apart remains a literary masterpiece almost three decades since its release. At first slow and meandering, offering a survey of Igbo culture prior to the devastation of British forces, this novel shows just how quickly and suddenly a people can be made to fall apart when faced with colonial rule and violence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Colonisation, and War

eleek0609's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War