Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi

6 reviews

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, and Trafficking

directorpurry's review

dark hopeful sad fast-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, and Classism

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Body horror, Infidelity, and Death of parent

karcitis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Police brutality, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Minor: Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Excrement, Kidnapping, and Lesbophobia

sarah984's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I liked this a lot, but it suffered a bit from inevitably being compared to Pet, which I loved. The writing style in Bitter is a little more grounded, a kind of standard YA writing where the lessons in the text are stated outright. Because this is set in pre (and during) revolution Lucille there are more real-world parallels. Some of these worked for me and some didn't. I liked the characters and the basic outline of the story but things got a bit muddled toward the end for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

calamitywindpetal's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, and Murder

Minor: Bullying, Infidelity, Mass/school shootings, and Death of parent