God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories by Arinze Ifeakandu

4.11 AVERAGE

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jagwar's review against another edition

3.25
emotional reflective medium-paced

miss_sheila_d_w's review against another edition

4.5
emotional medium-paced
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lotte_898's review against another edition

4.5
challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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istaisa's review against another edition

4.0
emotional reflective sad slow-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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cosykeekee's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

mariaem's review against another edition

4.0
challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

entvapparat's review against another edition

4.25
emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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booksillremember's review against another edition

5.0
dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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: Complicated
A dark, lyrical, intimate and sometimes even hopeful short story collection centring gay boys and men in a country where being gay is illegal and highly stigmatised. But it's so much more than that. It's about gratitude and grief, jealousy, betrayal, coming of age, parenthood, friendship, trust, complex family constellations, and the dynamics between members of different social classes. I feel this book gave me an intimate little glimpse into Nigerian families (especially life in the northern city of Kano) and male ways of loving. Looking forward to reading more books by Ifeakandu.
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thepoisonwoodreader's review against another edition

4.5
emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

samuila's review against another edition

4.5
challenging emotional reflective 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: Yes