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The Hairdresser of Harare by Tendai Huchu

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rai's review against another edition

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

4.0


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stacyaj's review

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

3.5


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sakibat's review against another edition

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dark sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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mariane_g's review against another edition

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challenging dark hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75


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dominic_t's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

The book was beautifully written, and it was an interesting window into the everyday life of people in Zimbabwe. It went into how differently the rich lived from the poor. I grew to really love the characters, so it was hard to see the pain they went through. 

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niniwa's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75


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fatkidatheartreads's review against another edition

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fast-paced
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4.0


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melanie_page's review against another edition

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dark informative sad fast-paced

4.0

Perhaps it is because I am an American person reading a book set in and by a Zimbabwean author, but I found the "secret" of Dumi to be obvious. At every little turn the author gives us something undeniable, but the main character Vimbai, doesn't see it until the last twenty pages or so, and that's when she reads Dumi's confession written in his own hand. The end of the book was quite speedy, but again, that may be differences in culture and thus writing styles. However, I felt like the author taught me about the economy of Zimbabwe without giving a lecture on the subject. The fact that Vimbai is given a loan that will mean nothing in two years because the value of money changes constantly, the way cars are on the street or not based on gas production, how sugar is only purchased when you have a network of people giving you clues (like it's a band doing a one-time pop-up show), and that there is 90% unemployment.

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micsdirt_nbooks's review against another edition

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

4.0

What is your measure of a good book? For me, great storytelling and a range of emotions.  This book checked both those boxes for me.  It was a slow burn of a book, richly describing the settings and characters. I began to feel betrayed by the book because I thought I  figured out the "plot" of the book early on, the curiousity of how it affected the other characters and their development kept me reading.  The result left me arguing with the Author's choice, but in the end, I am fascinated that I was able to be absorbed into their world.

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