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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Fin historie om oppvekst i de skjønne åsene i Kenya og velskrevet om ekstremisme.
More than anything else, this book is about the futility of trying to make sense of oneself without having to pick sides or fit into categories. If I wanted to, could I simply drift around on the river between, without having to eventually choose either one of the banks?
I think not. Even now, in 2020.
It's an important book that is definitely more profound than it might seem at first blush. The writing isn't the most captivating, but the underlying theme definitely hit close to home.
I think not. Even now, in 2020.
It's an important book that is definitely more profound than it might seem at first blush. The writing isn't the most captivating, but the underlying theme definitely hit close to home.
reflective
sad
slow-paced
slow-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
I hated Waiyaki so much, and basically every other character, that I did not even finish the book before I sat an exam about it. "Tell Nyambura I see Jesus" was the only quote I could remember during the exam, and it was what I was screaming internally the entire time I spent studying this text and its convoluted plot and contrived characters. Absolutely terrible, and am pretty sure 90% of my cohort did not finish nor enjoy this book.
I read this book for my world lit class. Going into it, I was worried I wouldn't be engaged enough even though it was short. However, once I got into it I found it was engaging. It gave me lots to think about and it definitely challenged some things that I have just blindly believed about religion, which I think is good.
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Hints of Romeo & Juliet, except the battling families are within the same tribe and culture -- a culture which has had the wedge of colonialism driven between them. The d/evolution of their culture (depending on your POV), reminiscent of warring political parties who have so many of the same foundational morals and history, and yet are violently divided by specific traditions despite being bound by the same aspirations (here: education). An interesting look at a changing region attempting to meld the past and the future.