Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma

5 reviews

edward_eb's review against another edition

challenging dark funny sad slow-paced

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

3.5

The description and writing is very well crafted but sometimes a bit too overdone for me. It’s hard to describe but this book is SO Nigerian and, as someone with Nigerian heritage, this provided both humour and comfort but also deep frustration and annoyance at times. I particularly found the attitudes towards gender/masculinity and childhood challenging. Although, I appreciate that this might be a commentary and is also realistic for the time and setting of the book. The character of Abulu was effective. I was very disturbed by him but as a reader - much like the narrator, Ben - I also felt some empathy towards him. I thought the book also touched well on some of the political and socio-economic issues that Nigeria has suffered with in the past and to an extent still does today without it being the main focus of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Blood, Car accident, and Alcohol

ireadtoescape_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

Just check the content warnings. 🤕
A very dark book. 
I don’t know how I feel. I really just wanted it to end. It was exhausting the level of tragedy these children and this family went through. I’m just very shaken by this. It’s a lot. 

But I will also say that it was good. Despite the trauma that was just utterly dizzying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Incest and Rape

bibliophilekiera's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Blood and Abandonment

kaitoro_walker13's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

When I first started this book, I was temped to give it up. But I pushed through, and loved it. This book has great, deep characters, a gripping plot and a beautiful setting. This book started off rough, but it ended with a new-found love of it. Cannot recommend it enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Rape

internationalreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident