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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
Suggest you read versus listen to this book. This memoir mixed historical references with living experience which I loved. I think it would’ve been better read by an actor or someone who could add more expression and nuances to the emotion and story when read out loud.
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
i wanted to love this but i think it needed an edit . a memoir touching on absent mothers, death of a parent, eldest daughter duties and being the biracial child of a UN diplomat living in various African countries during political conflicts. memoirs are often a collection of essays published elsewhere. this is the case in aftershocks, but it results in a lack of linearity - to its detriment - the pacing was off. the metaphor of earthquakes was overrought and also not fully enaged with as a device osuwu is a gorgeous writer; honest and reflective without being cloying.
reflective
fast-paced
Unfortunately the way this is structured feels very unfocused and discombobulated, and it's preventing me from connecting with it in any meaningful way. For me, this is a deal breaker when it comes to memoirs.
Ms. Owusu is such a beautiful writer. I enjoy her use of the earthquake motif throughout her memoir. I am amazed at the history she is able to share, I have never learned so much history in one sitting.
informative
reflective
slow-paced
The author of this book totally plot spoils Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye. Take that as a warning.
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The author of this book totally plot spoils Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye. Take that as a warning.
Aftershocks is both lovely and painful, a touching memoir told in prose that is so delicate it almost sounds like poetry. Nadia Owusu narrates the audiobook in her own beautiful voice and she shares so much of herself with us, as well as many things I would never know or experience as a white woman. Aftershocks is a story that will stay with me for a long time.
reflective
slow-paced
4.5 stars for this thought-provoking memoir - it really spoke to me.