lemonhoax 's review for:

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

4.0

emotional funny 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: Yes

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Pretty ironic with how religious the family is and how abusive their father is, doing everything in the name of god, and taking most things literally and out of context from the Bible. I found kambili's nature very surprising, throughout the whole book, she has a hard time admitting that her father is abusing her but when things get out of hand, her body makes that decision for her to stay away. And yet when her mother poisons her father, she can't seem to reconcile that at all, and is very angry. The book doesn't have a solid ending, but is left open to readers. It's a pretty realistic book in terms of father daughter relationship and also mother daughter relationship. A lot of things are unsaid between kambili and her mom.