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Alt falder fra hinanden by Chinua Achebe

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stayathomereader's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
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

5.0

lancefestivalen's review against another edition

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4.0

Vad heter det? "Högmod går före fall"?

Okonkwo ser sig själv som störst, bäst och vackrast. Och eftersom han inte förmår inse att så inte är fallet, drabbas han extra hårt av livets små spratt. Lägg till detta den vite mannens ankomst och mötet med en helt ny världsbild så har ni en komisk tragedi, eller eventuellt en tragisk komedi.

Jag brukar ha svårt för klassiker - särskilt när de presenteras som klassiker - men i fallet med berättelsen om Okonkwo, vars svagheter är universella och därmed tillgängliga för en internationell publik, får jag böja mig för litteraturvetarnas vetande och hålla med dem. Det här är bra grejer. Hoppas mina barn tvingas läsa den här i skolan!

katko123's review against another edition

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2.0

One man, few wives, and lots of children. This is what a traditional family according to this book looks like in Africa, or in the Igbo community anyway. The patriarchy in there is truly disgusting - when a man beats his wife he gets a reprimand from a tribes chief not because he has beaten her, but because he had done so during a holy time (one particular week in a year is considered sacred and no violence is tolerated in that time). Killing, beating, and dying children are normal things, just routine courses of life.
I can´t stand this book for its content and for its language.

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3.0

This was an ok book. it wasn't the best, and wasn't the worst. I had to read this for an English assignment, so it was not a book that i would have normally picked up of my own free will. I did think that the story was very well set up and told, giving good insight to a culture that I had never really though about. I thought the book after the first part was very rushed and I wish there had been a little more detail when it came to what was happening in the 7 years Okonkwo spent in the other village. Overall it was a decent book, but I would never have picked it up on my own. It was insightful, but not my kind of book