Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola Shoneyin

12 reviews

danielnski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Infertility

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Abandonment, Sexism, and Child death

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

oliviamarieja's review

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Rape, Child death, and Sexual violence

alisair's review

dark emotional funny sad fast-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

4.75

Thisread was truly enjoyable. I really loved that you got a chance to read the perspective of each wife as well as their husband. It allowed you to gain more insight on their childhood, and their background before they met their husband. You got the full essence of what their lives were like before and their traumatic experiences that molded their current personality. This also impacted the decisions they made within their lives. It was very fast paced and well written. I didn't necessarily love all the characters but I understood them. However, this book has some very triggering topics about abuse, so I would read with caution.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Infertility, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Grief, Kidnapping, Self harm, Vomit, Child death, Death, and Child abuse

agentke's review

funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

what a read! A little predictable at times (as intended, i think), but the execution was so so good that I gasped. so funny, so good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

smiti_nathan's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

I  listened to this as an audiobook, and it blew me away. The author, Lola Shoneyin, did an excellent job narrating the novel and her oration brought it to life for me. It's a quick-paced book that I enjoyed on a long-haul plane ride. My favorite part of the book was how she built up the complexity and humanity of her main characters, especially all four of Baba Segi's wives, and a few side characters. Many of the backstories were heartbreaking (i.e., TW for graphic sexual assault), and the author did a fantastic job of balancing heartbreak, tragedy, humor, and hope. The ending was quite satisfying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child death, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Sexism

Minor: Police brutality

ninamanon's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

What a cleverly crafted story! I enjoyed every inch of it, every point of view, every insight into all the characters. Even if you want to, you can’t hate any of them. The most heinous acts are motivated by the most tragic backstory’s. 
What’s so brilliant about this book is that even with the multitude of characters, it was never very hard to distinguish them. 
This is a tale about making the most of the hand you were dealt, and maybe above all, humbleness. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Excrement, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Blood, Infertility, Sexism, Alcoholism, Grief, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Violence, Vomit, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Classism, Cursing, and Death

jjjreads's review

dark informative 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Ableism, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Vomit

chikamma's review

emotional funny informative reflective sad 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

Incredibke

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Abortion, and Sexism

Minor: Vomit

theblackcherry12345's review

funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Moderate: Sexual assault

kaylamdean1's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Pregnancy, Medical content, Infertility, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Death, and Child death