adammm 's review for:

We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo

4.0

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This was an incredible novel. I found it very hard to put down and it has popped into my head even in the days since I finished it. It was very difficult to decide whether to give it 4 or 5 stars, but I ended up with a 4 for one very notable reason: it does not read like a single book. It features two distinctly different parts of the protagonist's life, and each part tackles very different issues. Either story on their own would be more than deserving of 5 stars, but the progression from one part to the other is not as smooth as it could be.