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A review by bethpeninger
We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
1.0
I'm bummed. I have abandoned the book at page 75. It, in my opinion, just was not interesting at all. The character development was slow and awkward. The story wasn't moving along at a speed that kept me interested.
At 75 pages in the story wasn't going much of anywhere even though I know, from reading summaries of the book, it does go somewhere but I questioned how tedious the journey might be when I started scanning and flipping through sections of the book. (This has become a sure sign that I am considering abandoning the title - I stop reading for a moment and start flipping and skimming to see if I can gauge whether it is going to pick up the pace or not.) Bulawayo takes the reader, through 10 year old Darling, from a shantytown in Zimbabwe to America. From my scanning the story line really never gained speed, nor did character development. I'm so bummed! I was super excited to pick up this book and I felt it held a lot of potential. But it was a tedious read and the stack of books I have on my nightstand that I believe hold some good and engaging reads ultimately prevailed.
At 75 pages in the story wasn't going much of anywhere even though I know, from reading summaries of the book, it does go somewhere but I questioned how tedious the journey might be when I started scanning and flipping through sections of the book. (This has become a sure sign that I am considering abandoning the title - I stop reading for a moment and start flipping and skimming to see if I can gauge whether it is going to pick up the pace or not.) Bulawayo takes the reader, through 10 year old Darling, from a shantytown in Zimbabwe to America. From my scanning the story line really never gained speed, nor did character development. I'm so bummed! I was super excited to pick up this book and I felt it held a lot of potential. But it was a tedious read and the stack of books I have on my nightstand that I believe hold some good and engaging reads ultimately prevailed.