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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

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b_rice's review against another edition

sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I had to read this for school and so I didn’t like it as much as a book I read on my own. I also thought the ending was depressing and that’s not something I look for in books but it was a good example of African writing.

ameliaperry's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

meh

ealtshul's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

lilyward's review against another edition

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slow-paced

4.0

lynecia's review against another edition

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4.0

I was struck by the beauty and the power of the writing on this re-read.
Achebe's prose harkens to parables and conventions of Igbo speech, which favors proverbs and metaphors.

Things Fall Apart is a classic, so I won't get into plot specifics here. All I kept thinking about when I was reading it was how magnificent this would look on screen.