Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

16 reviews

snoopyluvr_22's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

A must read. A profound read. I couldn’t put this book down. It educated me. It showed me a world so different to my own. It’s a long but worth it read. I recommend reading Things Fall Apart by Achebe before reading this book as well. This author deserves so much praise. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

selimhannah's review against another edition

informative inspiring sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug use, Gore, Hate crime, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Colonisation

demeryg's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

I thought this book was fantastic. Though I would say at  points it was slow.  It took me a moment to fall into the rhythm but once I did it was game over! 
I found the topics in this book really educational and relevant to other genocides happening at the hands of USA and Britain. It was informative and also a beautiful story between the mix of characters and their interpersonal relationships.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mscalls's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death and Colonisation

the_last_bookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Infidelity and Racial slurs

charliewoelkchen's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Rape, Violence, and War

rzh's review against another edition

emotional informative sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Rape, Violence, Grief, and War

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Medical content

cgm616's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

rbacon's review

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

This is very literary and I feel like that style made it longer for me when reading it. However the content and topics covered are so interesting and hard hitting, particularly reminding the Western world and Britain of our history actually being pretty shady since forever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation, and War

dilara2912w's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail