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Nigeria Jones by Ibi Zoboi

8 reviews

booktalkwithrae's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Wow, I finished this book in a day and it was such an easy read yet so insightful, thought-provoking, reflecting, and really makes you question a lot about yourself and society.

The main character, Nigeria Jones, is struggling to find herself as she lives in a world where her father is dead set on de mantling, white supremacist nation, and creating a black nation. She is homeschooled, doesn’t have a lot of experience outside of her small community and when she’s given the opportunity to expand her horizon, she is met with multiple blockades. 

There were so many times I wanted to highlight paragraph in this story. I really think this book needs to be in a lot of high schools as it really questions a lot what is wrong, what is right and what can we do as a society moving forward. There were a lot of interesting nuances and situations that the character faced that were difficult to navigate through.

All the characters were complex and interesting. There were a lot of informative thoughts and questions. My only gripe was towards the end of the book. Some of the things felt repetitive.

If you are a fan of The Hate U Give it Mondays Not Coming then this should be your next read! 

Thank you to Harper Collins Canada for providing me an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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achay91's review against another edition

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

4.0


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destinied's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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bujoxbooked's review against another edition

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emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Initial thoughts after finishing the book:

 
1) Baby girl really needed to go to therapy to have a safe place to be herself, talk about her mother's death and continuing to see her, and her life in the community
2) I expected a bigger reaction from Baba because she ran away with her stuff to Sage and KD's house and was just able to stay there for 3 weeks without issue? Like that makes no sense after the fight that he put up the whole time. I get that he was talking to his sister during that time, but still.
3) Baba sounded like such a horrible man from Nigeria's perspective and how he just kept sucking people into his society.
4) So if Nigeria's mom did not have Freedom because of her husband wanting an army of kids, she might have lived. Oooof I can't even imagine the resentment, but the author did not go down that path probably for good reason.
5)I like how the book ended with the 'next" generation after Nigeria (unsure how to spell her chosen name) taking over.

Overall, I'll go with 4 stars! After a while the book seemed to repeat the same thing over and over in regards to Nigeria's mom being a ghost, Nigeria's father being against her wanting to go to Philly Friends school.




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psistillreadyou's review against another edition

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

4.0


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bookcaptivated's review

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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? No

4.0


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zombiezami's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

In a lot of ways, I feel like this book was written for me. I notice a lot of similarities between myself and the protagonist. I thought the narrative had a lot of heart and the author did a good job of communicating Nigeria's internal struggle. 

One thing I didn't love was
the twist at the end with the protagonist's mother being dead the whole time

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raethereviewer's review against another edition

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

5.0

This book is a masterpiece and I am currently wiping away my tears. It perfectly encapsulates the struggles of being a Black girl revolutionary in a space that ignores intersectionality and continues to subscribe to patriarchy despite calls for liberation. It addresses so many pressing issues like bodily autonomy, intersectionality, and navigating relationships. If I had this book back in high school, I could’ve been having these conversations a LOT sooner. I love this!

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