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lorettalucia's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Child death, Misogyny, Sexism, and Violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault
brynpemery's review
- 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
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Infertility
aprilb_reads's review
- 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
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
unicornbanzaiiking's review against another edition
- 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
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.
Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, and Murder
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, and Xenophobia
Minor: Alcohol
tonisecelecticlibrary's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Rape, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
oz2021's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, and Grief
Moderate: Infidelity, Rape, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Kidnapping, and Death of parent
Minor: Infertility and Car accident
sarrasegway's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Child death, Rape, Suicide, Death of parent, and Murder
jhelem's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Infertility, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy
greenlivingaudioworm's review
- 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
4.0
Life is not too much about what happened to you, I write after a moment of thinking deep, but about how you answer the question of what happened to you.
Welcome back to the beautiful world of Adunni and Ms. Tia, the brave woman who has taken Adunni under her wing and done everything in her power to help Adunni change her own life. This book picks up almost directly after the events of The Girl with the Louding Voice. Adunni has gone shopping for her clothing and supplies for school. Tia is grappling with her changing relationship with her husband. But the night before Adunni is set to go to school, some members of her old village show up and kidnap her. You see, their village has experienced a drought and it is now up to the young female members of the village to be a sacrifice in order for the drought to end. Tia isn’t about to let Adunni go that easily, so she follows and urgently tries to convince her husband to do something, anything, to prevent this horrific killing to happen.
This book follows two storylines:
1. Adunni as she is held in a makeshift prison with several other girls until the fateful time of midnight. Midnight is when these girls will be killed so rain will return to their village. Adunni decides the only thing she can do is write down her wisdom in a book that will hopefully printed and shared with the world.
2. Tia who has followed Adunni to her home village and is not allowed to visit Adunni. Instead, she embarks on her own journey to learn about Adunni’s family from Iya and Kayus’ help. She is also forced to reckon with the truth of the life-altering secret her mother has been keeping from her for many years.
As with The Girl with the Louding Voice, this book is full of truths that are hard to read and even harder to hear in Adunni’s voice. Adunni hasn’t lost any of her spark or love of life as she encounters these new challenges and what seems to be, inevitably, death on her doorstep. This book is a beautiful look at the role of women in various places in Africa, the lies that surround the education of climate change, and how the secrets we keep from those close to us have the power to change absolutely everything in front of us.
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Car accident