Reviews

Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo

bharris2's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.0

sylda's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

caseyjayner's review against another edition

medium-paced

5.0

jenmangler's review against another edition

2.0

This was okay, but I never connected with any of the characters. Anna didn't feel like a 50-year-old woman to me.

shksprsis's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-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? No

4.25

alexdangerg's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

This started off a little slow for me, but it really blossomed by the end. Beautiful story of growth, identity, and family

jennie_cole's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

pmrichard1's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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

3.0

emjay796's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective fast-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? Yes

4.5

Oh wow. Please, if you can, listen to the audiobook version of Sankofa... Sara Powell is a perfect narrator for this story and this protagonist. If I had read Sankofa instead of listened, I think I would have found Anna distant, difficult to know, cold. And to an extent, she is all of those things. But Powell does such a good job breathing emotion and hesitancy into Onuzo's writing, and it elevates the whole work, I think.

Sankofa is something truly gorgeous. 4.5/5, only because the ending fell a little strangely to me, and I don't think it quite matched the tone of the rest.

tylerc814's review against another edition

challenging reflective 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? Yes

5.0