Reviews

& This Is How to Stay Alive by Shingai Njeri Kagunda

njahira's review

emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

isleofwoman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Homophobia

Minor: Colonisation

lydiart's review against another edition

3.0

the bits of the other language were a bit confusing but cool concept. would probably have been better if it was longer

update from one week later: i do not remember anything about this book

ashleykayejournals's review

emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

__sam__'s review

challenging dark sad medium-paced

3.5

bookdrunkard78's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

mixedreader's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

claraberkelana's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

kalanadi's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

3.0

essjay's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

4.0

I love the work to decolonize English, and that Time is a literal character. It didn't matter that I don't speak Kiswahili, I was able to understand through context clues. I had several friends growing up who were second generation immigrants, whose parents spoke a mix of Spanish/Tagalog/Fārsī/Vietnamese and English at home. Reading this book reminded me of sitting at their dinner tables.