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4.33 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I knew nothing about the Nigeria-Biafra war before reading this book; I didn’t even know it had happened. I knew only that I live Adichie’s work and was excited to read this book. What followed was an intricately woven of tale of both interpersonal and international relations from such a range of perspectives that truly gave me an understanding of what the war meant to the Biafran’s, of why we fight losing battles for the causes about which we’re passionate. This book joins the ranks of The Kite Runner, Night, and Persepolis.
Bookriot Read Harder Challenge 2015: Task 8, by an author from Africa
Why I chose this book: Because it just sounds really good!
On reading: I've lemmed it without finishing. Sorry, but I just can't get into it, connect with any of the characters and I'm...bored. Maybe it's because I borrowed it electronically from the library, which restricts me to a backlit screen (which I hate) and a rubbish reading app. Or maybe it's just that virtually nothing happens but angst, and I'm really not in the mood for that.
Why I chose this book: Because it just sounds really good!
On reading: I've lemmed it without finishing. Sorry, but I just can't get into it, connect with any of the characters and I'm...bored. Maybe it's because I borrowed it electronically from the library, which restricts me to a backlit screen (which I hate) and a rubbish reading app. Or maybe it's just that virtually nothing happens but angst, and I'm really not in the mood for that.
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-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:
Complicated
challenging
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
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dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
emotional
informative
sad
tense
slow-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:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'm changed.
I majored in world literature in college with a focus on historic African and Middle Eastern literature. I read *about* Ngozi Adichie, but I was reading the actual *works* of Wa Thiong'o, Achebe, Abani, etc. I missed this incredible, stark portrayal of one of the worst decades and places in human history. How Ngozi Adichie writes with such a profound and intimate love for her people, how clear and disaffected she depicts the utmost cruel capacities of humanity has blown me away.
The characters in this book undergo a changing, a roughening from the tightening of the boundaries of their privileges and their capacities. As each of their comforts is stripped away, as each loss and cruelty is heaped on their lives and those around them, they begin to cut through the world, brutally sharpened by the chaos of war and the cruelty of neocolonialism. It's subtle, masterful, broad, and incredibly, poignantly precise all at once. Bra-fucking-vo.
I majored in world literature in college with a focus on historic African and Middle Eastern literature. I read *about* Ngozi Adichie, but I was reading the actual *works* of Wa Thiong'o, Achebe, Abani, etc. I missed this incredible, stark portrayal of one of the worst decades and places in human history. How Ngozi Adichie writes with such a profound and intimate love for her people, how clear and disaffected she depicts the utmost cruel capacities of humanity has blown me away.
The characters in this book undergo a changing, a roughening from the tightening of the boundaries of their privileges and their capacities. As each of their comforts is stripped away, as each loss and cruelty is heaped on their lives and those around them, they begin to cut through the world, brutally sharpened by the chaos of war and the cruelty of neocolonialism. It's subtle, masterful, broad, and incredibly, poignantly precise all at once. Bra-fucking-vo.