Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

8 reviews

amgarrido's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Racism, and Colonisation

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

emory's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, Colonisation, and Deportation

sakisreads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

This is maybe the first Chimamanda Adichie collection I didn’t fully love. It was still striking and the descriptions of Nigeria and the US were stunning (as always), but I just didn’t feel as much connection to the stories as I usually night to her stories. I did like ‘The Arrangers of Marriage’, that was probably one of my favourites 🥲 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Colonisation

teaofleaves's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

I quite liked the style of writing and it’s an interesting read. The short stories are all enjoyable in their own way and I find it so fascinating to read stories of different countries and parts of the world. I’ll definitely be reading more of Adichie’s work, and more world literature as well.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexual content, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, and Pregnancy

mikki_9's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Blood

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

jmeyer255's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexism, Police brutality, and Grief