Reviews

How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue

stacie_w_books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

ujustcaughtmereadingliterature's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

akuhlma03's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

mizpurplest's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

5.0

This book is devastating and so important 

goodbyerachel's review against another edition

3.25

I enjoyed the story and the narrative structure with the different POV chapters. But the writing style was less ideal for me. 

This was a great book club discussion 

readingafrica's review against another edition

3.0

It's a poignant story about revolution and all the losses that accompany it. The tale is narrated from the perspective of various people living in a village where an oil company has caused great environmental damage after years of drilling their land for oil. I didn't like the pacing of the story, and found the novel a little tedious to read for some reason (possibly a combination of Corona-blues and my discomfort with the author's writing style). It is a good story though, even if it's a bit of a downer.

knlange9's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.5

juarezam's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.75

gemarky's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

lizjackson1990's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

5.0