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A review by eggilybread
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
5.0
*re-read* this is the second time i’ve read this book this year because i’m currently planning a creative writing unit around it. i’m absolutely fascinated by the juxtaposition of the mealtimes and teatimes in this novel: the stiflingly quiet tea in enugu, to the gloriously joyful mealtime with aunty ifeoma, full of laughter and chatter. cried lots at the end!
first read:
beautiful. i managed to persuade my school to include this in our curriculum for year 9 and i’m so glad. a book of so much pain and beauty and joy all interwoven with a narrator whose coming of age story felt so real. without spoiling it, the bit where she describes never forgetting the grains of rice when she’s found out the shocking news was very relatable. i am so grateful that i read this.
first read:
beautiful. i managed to persuade my school to include this in our curriculum for year 9 and i’m so glad. a book of so much pain and beauty and joy all interwoven with a narrator whose coming of age story felt so real. without spoiling it, the bit where she describes never forgetting the grains of rice when she’s found out the shocking news was very relatable. i am so grateful that i read this.