Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

4.18 AVERAGE

lshtaida's review

2.75
challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sdf0_0's review

4.0
Audiobook was good, though there were a number of very audible gulps, breaths etc. that I guess they forgot to edit out?
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biancamip's review

dark reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
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kdog229's review against another edition

4.0
emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

shannonsearing's review

3.5
emotional sad medium-paced

catewithwanda's review

4.0
This book was well done. I could tell throughout reading that the author definitely had a few skills up her sleeves. It just didn’t strike much chord with me at all. The first 80% percent of the book was great and even though it being a concept/genre I would usually never pick up on my own I was still engaged. The last 10% lost me. Everything the author did before then seemed so purposeful and at the end I just wasn’t satisfied or or felt like I matched the rest of the book. A lot of great development of characters and relationships that went a thrown out in the garbage by the end.

I would still recommend if your really interested in the story or if your into a concise writing style that mostly just gets to the point

Also I really think describing the grandfathers limp cocoon was unnecessary
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lapetitetulipe's review against another edition

4.25
dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

lainschreck's review

5.0
adventurous challenging emotional inspiring 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: Yes
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adriannagreste72's review

4.0
challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

marielid's review against another edition

5.0
This book is so beautifully written and if I wasn't assigned to it I probably wouldn't have read it. But definitely a must read and really enjoyed the characters and the voice.