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books_inthewild's review against another edition
4.0
I can say with certainty that my grade 6/7 students will like this one! Lots of humour, awesome pictures/illustrations, and fun characters.
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motheo234's review
dark
funny
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
margaretefg's review against another edition
2.0
It was hard for me to enjoy this window into the new South Africa,set at the univ of Witwatersrand in 1994. The narrator drinks, lies, skips exams, cheats his family and does a variety of other unsavory things in the dog eat dog world he lives in. I enjoyed some of the descriptions, esp his train ride to Soweto where hawkers compete with preachers for the commuters' attention.
phumlani's review against another edition
4.0
If this were a jury id be disqualified because im biased, i relate to the events in this book,the frustrations experienced by Dingz,the trials and tribualtions he goes through, the risks he takes,the poverty he is faced with. I recemmend this book to anyone who wants to cultivate a habit of reading,to anyone who wants to know what its like in the township,to anyone who thinks the whole thing about unequal distribution of wealth and opportunities is a thing township folk make up to get attention and to anyone looking for a light good read.
theenwabisa's review against another edition
5.0
This is a character driven book which really was different for me but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
beckbessinger's review against another edition
2.0
Interesting look at contemporary Joburg, but it's still a very badly written book.
mlytylr's review
3.0
For those willing to look past stylistic and grammatical errors, this is a startlingly honest and vivid look at post-apartheid South Africa. The narrator, Dingz, is witty but ultimately unlikable. He is completely a product of his environment; of both the historical South Africa and the contemporary one. The strength of this novel is not in its story, or even in its characters, but in its setting and descriptions of place.
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