Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

9 reviews

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

pikkumarja's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Kaikki hajoaa on hieno kirja. Se ei ole säälivä eikä rypevä, vaan tietyllä tavalla arkinen kertomus klaanista ja myöhemmin myös kolonialismista. Ymmärrän todella klassikkoaseman.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Torture and War

hanreadshardbacks's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Death, Infertility, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture

jemappellecat's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Racism and Torture

bookish_bry's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I enjoyed this book a lot. It was pretty dark in a lot of places often in a pretty casual ways. Okonkwo was not a very sympathetic character, but I think that actually served the message of the book well. Even though I wasn't a fan of the main character, I still sympathized with him in the end.

Even though this was a book very much concerned with the clash of cultures, I think that the generational divide between Okonkwo and his father and then Okonkwo and his son is something we see everywhere. Both Okonkwo's strengths and weaknesses were in direct reaction to his father's life and likewise Nwoye's were a result of Okonkwo's.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Torture, and Blood

becca_22's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Violence

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Suicide, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

Minor: Emotional abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Pregnancy, and War

book_lover69's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility and Sexism

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Torture

Minor: Gun violence, Death of parent, and Murder

morganperks's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Murder

jamieruwen's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

I didn’t necessarily enjoy reading it, but the portrayal of these people’s way of life being  ripped apart by Christian missionaries and the fact that I’d never read about that before, and how gutted I was in the end, redeemed it for me. Necessary story but I didn’t feel touched by it for a large portion of the time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Suicide and Violence