A review by callanisreading
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Despite his title-less father, determined Okonkwo fights and toils until he has grown into a respected pillar of his village, able to offer his children the advantages of birth he never enjoyed. But after his heroic rise, Okonkwo falls, destroyed by ill fate, children who will not take up his mantle, and missionaries who seek to change his village. With simple, heart-rending prose, Achebe chronicles a tragedy about our struggles against nature, society, and each other that transcends time and place.