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And So I Roar by Abi Daré

28 reviews

lorettalucia's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful 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? No

4.0

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brynpemery's review

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challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.75

I was both excited and nervous to read this - I had really enjoyed The Girl with the Louding Voice and was looking forward to more by the author, but was worried about having yet more trauma dumped on Adunni before she got the chance to pursue her education. This was heartbreaking, eye opening, and touched on so many intersecting issues in Nigeria today. I do still wish that we could have let Adunni have her well deserved happy ending at the end of the last book, while maybe focusing more heavily on Tia’s story, but at the same time I liked getting to be back in Adunni’s world and to see her strength in facing her past. Based on the ending I’m guessing there will be at least one more book in this world, and I’m sure I’ll enjoy listening to that as well. 
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jmitchell20's review

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

3.0

Disappointed with this sequel. It was so slow for most of the middle and honestly doesn't even compare to The Girl wWth The Louding Voice. 
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mcdevimm's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark sad fast-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

4.0

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aprilb_reads's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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jazzy_phresh's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.25

The start felt a little slow and the relationship between the Tia and her mom was felt slightly strange at first but as things were revealed things made more sense. 
The story and the characters made sense even if you haven't read the previous book. 
The story really gave a look into how people can sometimes love in places like this and how even people living in places of so called privilege, still have similar issues and can relate.
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unicornbanzaiiking's review against another edition

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challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

I cried many times. A really powerful and jarring story. It packs emotional punches but differently than the first book. 

This one felt contrived and preachy. The shock and heartstrings are more of a response to the real world knowledge these terrible things are actually happening to women all over the world, not because of their presence in the story or their narrative role.

The first book was so incredible and should be required reading for high school and parents but this one feels like a forced effort to bring activism. Like using graphic images on a billboard.
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flourandfiction's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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tonisecelecticlibrary's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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manirebex's review against another edition

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hopeful inspiring sad 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

Rollercoaster of emotions that left me drained in a good way. Could really feel the build up to the main event(s) - I read it in one day just because I needed to know what happened
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