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The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born by Ayi Kwei Armah

3.67 AVERAGE

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gurofl's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 18%
Interesting book, but I just could not continue reading the font. Too much ink, blurry letters, eyes hurting (African Writers Series edition).
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_mona_'s review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 12%
Very slow - difficult to stay focused (some really interesting sentences, though).

cappiah's review against another edition

3.75
challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
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thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

2.0
challenging slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: No

chia_s's review against another edition

5.0
challenging dark informative sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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dejonsimmons's review against another edition

4.0
dark informative reflective
Plot or Character Driven: Character
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ren_2021's review against another edition

4.0
challenging reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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kittya's review against another edition

5.0
challenging dark funny reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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marilynuine's review against another edition

3.75
challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
Compelling writing of a time and place I am not well informed about, truly relentless poop imagery 
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wetherspoonsgf's review against another edition

4.5
emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Beautifully, beautifully bitter reflection on the failures of decolonisation and the broken promises of socialist revolution in Ghana. Some slightly wonky gender politics, but wonky in a way that means I think I'm going to write an essay about them.