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3.03 AVERAGE
3.03 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
slow-paced
challenging
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I went into this expecting a contemporary novel about the situation in the Kongo at the end of the nineteenth century. Instead, the novella turned out to be a story about a white man that happened to be set in the Congo and contained a couple of references to how it is strange that black people are seen as enemies, criminals and so on. Most of the book was unintelligible musings on different topics.
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It's an easy read on a difficult subject. I'd often heard that Chinua Achebe hated the book, partly because it's a book about Africa in which Africans rarely speak, which in my opinion is a fair criticism. That said, I don't think it deserved the level of vilification that Achebe hurled at the book.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes