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240 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780393325119
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date: 17 January 2004
Description
Helon Habila's vivid, exciting, and heart-wrenching debut opens a window onto a world in some ways familiar-with its sensuously depicted streets, student life, and vibrant local characters-yet ruled by one of the world's most corrupt and oppressiv...
Community Reviews Summary of 37 reviews
Moods
reflective 75%
dark 50%
sad 50%
adventurous 25%
challenging 25%
funny 25%
hopeful 25%
tense 25%
Pace
slow 25%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 75% | Character: 25%Strong character development?
No: 50% | It's complicated: 25% | Yes: 25%Loveable characters?
Yes: 75% | It's complicated: 25%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 50% | No: 25% | N/A: 25%Flaws of characters a main focus?
No: 66% | It's complicated: 33%Average rating
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240 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780393325119
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date: 17 January 2004
Description
Helon Habila's vivid, exciting, and heart-wrenching debut opens a window onto a world in some ways familiar-with its sensuously depicted streets, student life, and vibrant local characters-yet ruled by one of the world's most corrupt and oppressiv...
Community Reviews Summary of 37 reviews
Moods
reflective 75%
dark 50%
sad 50%
adventurous 25%
challenging 25%
funny 25%
hopeful 25%
tense 25%
Pace
slow 25%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 75% | Character: 25%Strong character development?
No: 50% | It's complicated: 25% | Yes: 25%Loveable characters?
Yes: 75% | It's complicated: 25%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 50% | No: 25% | N/A: 25%Flaws of characters a main focus?
No: 66% | It's complicated: 33%Average rating
Content Warnings
This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!
If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.