Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

2 reviews

robinks's review against another edition

emotional slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

I enjoyed this collection of short stories immensely. Adichie has a way of describing characters and explaining aspects of the plot that is not overwhelming. Also, most of these stories had little twists that kept me on my toes!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Violence, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

grei's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

I loved every story in this collection. They all have very heavy topics, but are written so well into a plot and handled so expertly that I never felt like I was trudging through it.

It's a book that will always be there when you want to read it and is a very good, emotional read, but does not always enthrall you so deeply in the story that you feel guilty for not reading for a long period of time.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Abortion, and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy